Canna 'Yellow King Humbert' Burbank is a medium sized Italian Group Cannacultivar; foliage green, but often variegated purple markings and occasionally whole leaves purple, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green + purple; flower clusters are open, spotted, colours yellow with red spots, often large red markings and occasionally whole flowers red, staminodes are large; seed is sterile, pollen is sterile; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.
This is the oldest known Cannachimera,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] the earliest research reference is Sonderegger Nursery Catalogue, United States, 1929. There is an early reference to Luther Burbank being the originator.
Origins
The earliest reference to this cultivar is in a US Gardening catalogue of 1929. It was reputed to be a mutation of Canna 'Roi Humbert' (synonym C. 'King Humbert') and was confirmed to be such by Dr Khoshoo in his published papers. On rare occasions it has also been known to produce stems where the foliage is all dark and the flowers are all red. That is the source of Canna 'Red King Humbert', amongst others.
All main catalogue references until the early 1990s are consistent in their descriptions of an Italian Group chimera cultivar, yellow with red spots. However, after that period there was some confusion and it found itself being used as a synonym for C. 'Austria' and its description was also confused with C. 'Roma'.
Synonyms
Canna 'Anthony and Cleopatra' - name confined to Europe.
Canna 'Cleopatra' - the name first appeared in US catalogs in the 1960s, not to be confused with C. 'Cleopatré' which is a Crozy Group cultivar from the 1890s.
Canna 'Fusion' - name confined to eBay in USA.
Canna 'Goldkrone' - confined to Europe.
Canna 'Harlequin' - name appears to be confined to the USA.
Canna 'Queen Helena' - name appears to be confined to the USA.
Canna 'Queen of Italy' - name confined to India.
Canna 'Spanish Emblem' - - name appears to be confined to the USA.
Canna 'Striped Queen' - name confined to India.
Canna 'Yellow Humbert' - first appeared in the 1990s, presumably as a shorthand for the correct name.
Gallery
Catalogue References
Allen's Nurseries, Ohio, USA. Catalog 1939
Allen's Nurseries, Ohio, USA. Catalog 1944
Breck's Catalogue, USA, 1945
Burgess Seed and Plant Co, USA, Catalogue 1939
Burgess Seed and Plant Co, USA, Catalogue 1941
Burpee, USA, Catalog 1946
G.W. Park Seed Co, SC, USA, Catalog 1938
G.W. Park Seed Co, SC, USA, Catalog 1939
Henry Field's Catalogue, USA, 1969
Inter-State Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa, USA. Catalogue 1939
Inter-State Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa, USA. Catalogue 1950
I.W. Scott Co., Pittsburgh. PA, USA, Catalogue 1939
Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1949
Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1953
Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1955
Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1961
Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1964
Naughton Farms, Waxahachie, Texas, USA. Catalogue 1945
Olds' Seeds Catalogue, USA, 1947
Peter Henderson & Co, Catalogue, USA, 1937
Sears Garden Book, USA, 1951
Sonderegger Catalogue, USA, 1929
Westover Nursery, Clayton, USA. Catalog 1939
References
↑ Khoshoo, T.N. & Guha, I, Origin and Evolution of Cultivated Cannas, Vikas, India.
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