Député Hénon

Canna 'Député Hénon'

(Foliage Group)(Heritage Group)

Origin SISLY Jean
Parentage unknown
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Yellow
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Early summer to frosts
Tillering Average
Available Specialist

Introduced by Jean Sisly, amateur gentleman gardener of Monplaisir, near Lyon, France in 1866, Canna 'Député Hénon' is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; glaucous green foliage, oval shaped, acute apex, white margin, branching habit; round main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are reflexed, self-coloured canary-yellow, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, labellum is canary-yellow with orange-yellow spots, stamen is canary-yellow, style is canary-yellow, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good 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; tillering is average.

Canna 'Député Hénon' is available from specialist growers.

References

Le Canna, E. Chaté et fils, 1867
1866.

Subtropical Gardening - Robinson 1868
Stems green, not exceeding 4 ft. 10 ins. in height. Leaves of a light glaucous-green, oval, acute, erect. Flowers large, well-formed, of a pure canary-colour, with a brownish-yellow base, in numerous spikes, which rise gracefully above the foliage to the height of about 20 ins. Rootstocks cylindrical, elongated, standing at some distance from the centre of the tuft. Ripens its seeds well.

Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1881
Député Hénon No details, just the name and price.

George Nicholson, The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, 1888.
Flowers pur canary-colour, with a yellowish base, large; spikes numerous, rising gracefully above the foliage to a height of 1½’. Leaves ovate-acute, erect. Height 4’.

RHS Journal of 1894

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