Gladiator

Canna 'Gladiator'

Canna 'Gladiator'

(French Group)(Heritage Group)

 
Origin WINTZER Antoine
Parentage unknown
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Bi-coloured
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Early summer to frosts
Tillering Good
Awards RHS AM at the 1908 RHS Indoor
Available Specialist growers

Introduced by Antoine Wintzer of The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pennsylvania, USA, Canna 'Gladiator' is a medium sized cultivar; dark green foliage, pointed oval shaped, acute apex, branching habit; oval main stems, coloured green; half-round flower stalks, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, yellow heavily spotted with red, staminodes are medium size, edges regular, 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 and pink; tillering is good.

Canna 'Gladiator'was awarded RHS AM at the 1908 RHS Indoor ; is available from specialist growers.

References

RHS Award of Merit (Conrad 1907)

Flowers yellow, much spotted or marked with red.

RHS Journal of 1907-8

Featured in the RHS indoor trials at Wisley, 1907, at which it was awarded the Award of Merit.

RHS Journal of 1908-9

Featured in the RHS outdoor trials at Wisley in 1908. Gladiolus flowerd , green foliage. Flowers yellow, much spotted or marked with red.

Conard & Jones Catalogue, 1915

Gladiator 5 feet. A magnificent, robust canna that has been a leader for years. Color is bright yellow, spotted with red. An exceptionaly fine variety.

G.W. Park Seed Co, SC, USA, Catalog 1939

GLADIATOR. An outstanding variety with the dark green foliage and flowers of deep yellow, heavily dotted with red. Resembles a tiger lily.

Dr. Khoshoo & Dr. I. Guha: Evolution of Cultivated Canna 1966

x generalis, dwarf (50-80cm), foliage green, narrow staminodia (3-5 cm) spotted. In the collection of the Royal Agri-Horticultural Society , Alipore, Calcutta, India.

French Grown Stock

0.9m. Green foliage. Bright yellow speckled with red.

balisier,canna,cannacea,canna lily,canna seed,canna rhizome,canna plant,probably extinct,KAVB registered