Kronos

Canna 'Kronos'

Canna 'Kronos'

(Italian Group)(Heritage Group)

Origin SPRENGER Karl

Parentage unknown

Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm

Foliage Green

Form Branching

Flower Bi-coloured

Blooming Good bloomer

Flowering Early summer to frosts

Tillering Average

Available Specialist

Introduced by Karl Sprenger of Messrs Dammann et Cie, Italy in 1896, Canna 'Kronos' is a medium sized Italian Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, acute apex, green margin, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; flowers are open, yellow with orange spots, staminodes are large, edges irregular, petals green, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in early summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white; tillering is average.

Canna 'Kronos' is available from specialist growers.

Featured in 1908 outdoor trials at Wisley, without award. Kronos in Greek history, the Titan; father of the Olympians.

References

Damman & Cie, 1899

Kronos - 1896 Height about 3 feet. Broad sea- green leaves, slender stalk, very large panicles. Very large flowers of a rich sulphur-yellow all spotted in red. An extremely fine form.

RHS Journal of 1907-8

RHS Journal of 1908-9

Featured in 1908 outdoor trials at Wisley. Orchid-flowered, classified under green foliage and flowers yellow, marked with red.

Tropical Plants and Gardening, H.F. MacMillan, 1935

Orange and yellow, orchid flowered.

Tropical Planting and Gardening, H.F. MacMillan, 5th Edition, 1954

Orchid-flowered orange and yellow

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