This is the website of the UK National Collection of Cannas
held by Keith & Christine Hayward
under the auspices of PLANT HERITAGE
National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens
Canna National Collection 2019
Note: Photos to be added later
Very tall variety of C. indica native to Argentina. Bright green foliage. Small orange flowers.
A different variety is widely sold in garden centres under the name 'Australia'. This a short plant with not very dark bronze foliage.
Tall. Pale bronze foliage. Large and very dark red flower Short and bushy. Dark green narrow leaves reddish stems. Red flower. Medium height. Green foliage. Flowers yellow heavily blotched red.
A series of cannas bred by Takii, introduced 2015. An F1 hybrid and usually grown each year from seed. Intended for the horticulture trade as a small bushy quick fowering plant.
Medium height. Green foliage. Flowers fiery orange/yellow
Medium height. Green foliage with reddish stems. Deep red flowers.
Tall. Bronze foliage. Flowers shades of pink.
Medium height. Green foliage. Flowers yellow softly blushed pink, with speckles.
Medium height. Green foliage. Clear yellow flowers.
A new and distinct variety or species named by us in 2014. This plant is an enigma, because we've never seen anything like it. It is a big and very stout plant with large leaves that are almost white, and small yellow flowers. It came to us as C. glauca from Trinidad, but we've never seen a C. glauca like this. Could it be a new species?
Medium height. Green foliage. Flowers mixed peach/apricot. A hybrid of the species C. iridiflora . Giant plant with large green leaves. Nodding cerise flowers.RHS AGM Award.
medium height. Distinctive bronze foliage and narrow leaves. Brilliant flame coloured flowers.
Tall. Pale bronze foliage. bright orange flowers.
Medium height. Green foliage. Yellow flowers uniformally spotted red.
Medium height. Heavy green foliage. Peach-coloured flowers.
See 'Perkeo'
Tall. Dark bronze foliage. Large deep red flowers.
Medium size. Green foliage. Yellow flowers much blotched with red
Tall. Bronze foliage. Large well-shaped golden flowers. Bred by Jim Ranger on 2005
Medium height. Green foliage. Distinctive white flowers with yellowish centres.
see 'Musifolia Grande'
Tall. Green foliage. Distinctive orange flowers.
A tall foliage variety with very narroe dark bronze leaves and small orange flowers.
nedium height. Green foliage. Pale orange flowers.
Very tall. Green foliage. Orange flowers.
Medium height. Green foliage. Distinctive deep cerise flowers with a pale edge.
Tall. Green foliage. Very large and heavy pink flowers. Quite distinctive
Short. Green foliage. Red flowers with yellow edge
Short. Green folage. Orange flowers.
Medium height. A bulky plant with bronze folaige. Coral pink flowers.
Short plant. Deep green foliage. Shocking pink flowers.
Tall. Dark bronze foliage. Frilly dark orange/red flowers.
The banana-leaved canna. A giant and distinctive plant. Giant green leaves with red veins and stems. Rarely flowers in the uk. The flowers are small and orange.
A foliage variety. tall, narroe bronze leaves. Small red flowers.
Medium height. Green folaige. large very pale yellow flowers.
Short. Bronze. orange flowers.
Short. Green folage. Brilliant orange flowers.
Medium height. Green foliage. Unique pinking flowers with pale edge. An old Hungarian variety.
Tall. Green foliage with narroe leaves. Unique spider cream flowers with mahogany centers.
medium height. Green foliage. Dusky pink flowers.
'Phasion'
See 'Durban'
The original Picaso was lost to virus disease. It was a very nice and distinctive canna. It was quite short with large and well-shaped yellow flowers deeply spotted with red. The Picasso widely sold in garden centres at the present time is a short plant, usually grown from seed, with small rather shapeless yellow flowers lightly spotted.
Medium height. green foliage. large shocking pink flowers.
'Pink Sunburst'
See 'Pringle Bay'
photo2 Medium to tall. Green foliage. Large pink flowers.
very short and stout. Bicoloured leaves. Pale pink flowers.
Short and very stout. large spoon-shaped leaves. Large pale yellow flowers.
Very tall (up to 3m), rather fastigiate growth. Deep bronze folage. Small orange flowers.
medium height. Green foliage. Bicoloured flowers in red and yellow. Very distinctive.
Medium to tall. A very bushy plant producing many stems. pale green leaves. Yellow flowers lightly speckled with pink
A foliage variety. Tall, pale green, with small orange flowers. Procuces large clumps.
Tall. Dark bronze foliage. Dark orange flowers.
medium to tall. Green foliage. Intense rark red flowers.
Medium height. Green foliage. Strong pink flowers.
Medium to tall. Stout green foliage. Heavy bicoloured flowers in red and yellow.
A very tall foliage variety which produced a big bulky plant. Leaves bigger and darker than Purpurea. Small orange flowers.
tall, bronze foliage, pink flowers with a silver sheen.
Tall. Bronze foliage. Brilliant golden yellow flowers.
Medium height. Bronze foliage. Distinctive shocking-pink flowers.
See 'Bangkok@
Tall, pale green, large orange flowers.
One of the tallest cannas. Narrow glaucous leaves variously splashed and steaked ith cream. The cleam areas often turn brown, but this does not detract from the beauty of the plant. Small apricot flowers.
See General Eisenhower.
Short, bronze, orange flowers.
Medium height. Green foliage. Flowers yellow blotched red.
See 'Black Knight'
tall. Dark bronze foliage. Dark red flower.
Tropicanna (TM)
See 'Durban'
Tropicanna Gold (TM)
We think this is identical to 'Bethany'
Tropicanna Black (TM)
We think this is identical to 'General Eisenhower'
Very short, dark bronze foliage. Scarlet flower. Usually grown from seed.
Very short. Green foliage. Salmon flower. Usually grown from seed.
Very short. Green foliage. Salmon flower. Usually grown from seed.
Very short. Green foliage. Pink flower. Usually grown from seed.
Very short. Green foliage. White flower. Usually grown from seed.
Very short. Green foliage. Yellow flower speckled red. Usually grown from seed.
Tall. Green foliage. large pink flower with sone yellow in the centre
See 'Eric Neubert'
Very tall. Narrow glaucous folige. Pink flower. RHS AGM Award
Very tall. Narrow glaucous folige with red edge. Red flower. RHS AGM Award
Very tall. Narrow glaucous folige. yellow flower. RHS AGM Award
Very tall. Narrow glaucous folige. Orange flower. RHS AGM Award
another photo Very tall. Green foliage, Orange flowers.
very tall, one of the tallest floral varieties. Dark leathery foliage. large tangerine-orange flowers.
Tall. Dark green leaves. Small orange flowers which only have 1 petal.
See 'Robert Kemp'
Several varieties. Various heights and colours of flower.
from a number of sources. Short, narrow stems. Distinctive wavy-edged olive green leaves with red veins and stems. Bright red flowers and seed pods.
syn C. latifolia. 2 sources. Tall. Enormous bright green leaves. Orange flowers. Rather more tender than floral hybrids.
Several sources
From various sources, which vary in the width of the leaves. Medium height. Very narrow glaucous leaves. Attractive spidery flowers.
An interesting form with very pale folage and compact flowers.
2 sources. medium height. Green foliage. orange fLowers which REMAIN CLOSED.
Various sources. An attractive dainty species with wiry stems and small green leaves. Attractive bicoloured flowers. Produces copious fertile seed if pollinated.
Taxonomy unconfirmed
very tall, 3m or more. Pale green leaves and small orange flowers.
These are heritage varieties that we have held in the past and would dearly like to find again
'Alaska' (the original, not the one currently sold as Picasso)
'Angele Martin'
'Aphrodite'
'Confetti', also called 'Coq d'Or', 'Dondo'
'Constitution'
'Durban (Red)'
'Eureka'
'Florence Vaughan'
'Kansas City'
'Lucifer' (the original, not the one currently sold )
'Margaret Strange'
'Picasso' (the original, not the one currently sold as Picasso)
'Princess Di'
Our Open Days in 2019 will be held Friday to Monday, August 23th to 26th, 10.00am to 4.00pm,
We will have around 150 varieties and species on show.
Admission is £3.00 and includes tea or coffee.
nb: The address is our nursery.
Lincluden Nursery, The Cedars, Off Shaftesbury Road, Bisley, Woking, Surrey, GU24 9EN. Tel 0776-295-0000.
There is plenty of parking. Wheelchair access. Minimal toilet
We love it when our visitors offer us a variety or species which we do not already have. We are happy to exchange some variety from our collection or sales area.
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