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E. robustus can reach 8–10 ft (2.4–3.0 m) in height with pink or white flower spikes E. stenophyllus , a dwarf species, reaches 2–3 ft (0.61–0.91 m) in height with yellow flowers. Also E . × isabellinus which is a hybrid of E. olgae and E. stenophyllus is available as 'Cleopatra', with orange spikes.
Canna cultivars are grown in most countries, even those with territory above the Arctic Circle, which have short summers, but long days, and the rapid growth rate of cannas makes them a feasible gardening plant, as long as they receive 6–8 hours of sunlight each day during the growing season and are protected from the cold of winter.
Canna species have been categorised by two different taxonomists in the course of the last three decades. They are Paul Maas , from the Netherlands [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and Nobuyuki Tanaka from Japan . [ 4 ]
Cultivars, F1 and F2 hybrids, normally with small species-like flowers, but grown principally for their foliage. [2] [3] [4] This group has occasionally been referred to as the Année Group, after the originator, Théodore Année, the world's first Canna hybridizer.
Herb up to 3 m with stout, erect stems. Leaves large, oblong, acuminate. Flowers 10–13 cm. (4-5") long, honeysuckle-scented, borne in a short, terminal raceme; perianth tubular, the three outer petaloid lobes linear-oblong, convolute, reflexed, tinged green, the three inner ones straight and extended, recurved at end, white, tinted yellowish-green.
A floral formula then acquires a form like the following, typical of the lily family: K3 C3 A6 G(3) 3 ∞ which indicates that the flowers of this family have 3 sepals, 3 petals, an androcecium with 6 stamens and a gynoecium with a succulent ovary formed by 3 carpels joined, with three loculi and numerous ovules per locule.
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The stylised lily, or fleur-de-lis (lily flower) has long been associated with royalty, although it may originally have been derived from the form of an iris. It has also been associated with the head of a spear. [86] Its three parts have been associated with the three classes of mediaeval society, [87] or alternatively faith, wisdom and ...