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| Canna 'Compte de Bouchard' |
(French Group)(Heritage Group)
Origin CROZY Antoine
Parentage unknown
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Multi-coloured
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Flowering Early summer to frosts
Tillering Average
Awards 1897, RHS Award of Merit.
Available Specialist
Introduced by Antoine Crozy of Crozy et fil, Lyon, France in 1895, Canna 'Compte de Bouchaud' is a medium sized cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, acute apex, spreading habit; round main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, yellow with red spots, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, petals green, outstanding bloomer, flowers in early summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.
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| Canna 'Compte de Bouchard' |
Earliest reference in the 1896 Veitch Catalogue. Awarded the RHS Award of Merit in 1897. Known as the "Leopard Spotted Canna". Still available in the European Union.
References
Veitch Catalogue 1896
Yellow spotted with red, extra large flower.
RHS Award of Merit (Paul 1897)
RHS Journal of 1897-8
Peter Henderson & Co, Catalogue 1897
New Leopard spotted canna. This is a grand spotted variety well deserving its appellation, the "Leopard" Canna. The flowers are a rich, bright golden yellow, with a dash of orange in the color; they are heavily spotted with bright red, very large and perfect form; grows about 4.5 feet, deep green foliage.
RHS Journal of 1898-9
Conard & Jones Catalogue, 1898
Compte de Bouchard. 4½ ft.; fine large flowers in long well-filled spikes: pure deep yellow thickly dotted with crimson. 15 cts. each; 2 for 25 cts; $1.25 per doz. postpaid.
RHS Journal of 1907-8
RHS Journal of 1908-9
Featured in 1908 outdoor trials at Wisley.
Gladioulus-flower, yellow and much spotted with red, green foliage.
Cassells Dictionary of Practical Gardening, Walter P. Wright, 1910
Gladiolus type yellow spotted red, green foliage.
Conard & Jones Catalogue, 1915
Comte de Bouchard. 4¼ feet. Intense golden yellow flowers, spotted with bright red.
Cannas-Australia
Comte de Bouchaud a most beautiful new introduction of another of the crozy cannas from Mons. Crozy -The Canna King. It will give you an idea of it quality when he says he considers it to be the finest spotted cannas in cultivation. The flowers are of enormous dimensions with the petals gracefully overlapping each other thus making each individual flower appear almost round. Spikes on Comte de Bouchaud are borne in profusion and covered very closely with dozens of perfect flowers which are of the richest yellow and evenly spotted throughout with bright crimson.
Hart Canna, 2000, Internet October 2000
Yellow flowers richly and uniformly spotted red. Green leaves. Tall.
KAVB International Canna Checklist, September 2004
A. Crozy, 1895; flowers yellow, richly and uniformly spotted with red, leaves green, height over 80 cm.A.M.-R.H.S. 1897
Claines Canna Collection 2006
Summary: A heritage plant from 1897, medium height, green leaves and a large yellow flower uniformly spotted with red.
Size: Medium
Flower: Large yellow flower uniformly spotted with red.
Foliage: Green
Origin: Paul 1897
Awards: 1897 Award of Merit from RHS
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