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Canna National Collection

This is the website of the UK National Collection of Cannas
Which is held under the auspices of PLANT HERITAGE
National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens
NCCPG

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OPEN DAYS 2011

Our open days are as below, and coincide with the Late August Bank Holiday.

Friday 26 August, 10.00am to 4.00pm.
Saturday 27 August, 10.00am to 4.00pm.
Sunday 28 August, 10.00am to 4.00pm.
Monday 29 August, 10.00am to 4.00pm.

Our address is 27 Guildford Road West, Farnborough, Hants, GU14 6PS. A map is shown here. There is plenty of parking in the street outside. The nearest railway station is Farnborough Main. Trains from Waterloo are every 30 minutes. We are about 2 miles from the station. Taxis and buses are available (Bus Service No 1).

The admission charge is £3.50 per person, and includes a Cream Tea and a donation to Plant heritage.

Almost all the varieties in our collection will be on display, though not all will be flowering at any one time.

We are willing to conduct visitors and parties around the garden and give advice on canna varieties and cultivation.

We will also have plants on sale. This will include all the varieties shown on our Mail Order Website, and others besides.

Visitors are welcome to bring samples of their own cannas, for advice on such topics as variety identification, and canna virus disease (though we would be grateful if visitors would leave suspected diseased plants outside the gate!)

We are actively trying to build our collection, and we will willing trade unusaual varieties for varieties that we do not already have, though we need to see them in flower.

Visitors and parties are welcome at other days and times, by prior arrangement.

Our Collection 2011

A lists of most plants in our collection is shown below. We also have other cultivars, such as un-named varieties, and varieties grown from seed sent to us from various parts of the world, but particularly from Argentina and Bolivia, where canna grow wild.

We have relatively few cannas compared to what we had in years gone by. This is due to the ravages of canna virus disease which has devastated cannas and canna collections wordwide. All the plants that we now hold in our collection are healthy.

VARIETIES

'Alaska'

'Ambassadour'

'Argentina'  

'Assaut'

'Australia'

'Bethany'

'Bhutan Pink'

'Bhutan Yellow'

'Black Knight'

'Braziliensis'

'Brilliant' (1)

'Brilliant' (2)         

'Centenaire de Rozain Boucharlat'

'Cerise'

'Citrina'

'Cleopatra'

'Corail'  

'Creamy White'

'Delibab'

'Durban'

'Ehemannii'

'Embleme'

'En Avant'

'Endeavour'

'Erebus'

'E Neubert'   

'Fatamorgana'  

'Flame'    

'General Eisenhower'

'Golden Orb'

'Gran Ganaria'

'Grand Duc'

'Ibis'

'Intrigue'

'Lesotho Lil'

'Marlena'

'Marshmallow Pink'

'Montaigne'

'Moonshine'

'Mrs Tim Taylor'

'Musifolia Grande'

'Mystique'

'Orange Chocolate'

'Orange Punch'

'Pallag Szepe'

'Panache'

'Perkeo'

'Phasion'

'Picasso'

'Pink Perfection'

'Pink Sunburst'

'President'

'Pringle Bay'

'Purpurea'

'Ra'

'Richard Wallace'

'Roi Humbert'

'Roma'

'Rosa Fuerta'

'Rosemond Coles'

'Rosita'

'Russsian Red'

'Saladin'

'Semaphore'

'Shenandoah'

'Striped Beauty'

'Stuttgart'

'Summer Joy'

'Tali' 

'Taney'

Tropicanna (TM)

Tropicanna Gold (TM)

Tropicanna Black (TM)

'Tropical Red'

'Tropical Rose'

'Tropical Yellow'

'Tropical Salmon'

'Tropical White'

'Tropical Bronze-Crimson'

'Verdi'                   

'Whithelm Pride' 

'Yara'                

'Wyoming'

SPECIES

According to Tanaka

According to Maas

Held by us

C. paniculata

C. paniculata

Yes, 2 versions

C. discolor

Possibly

C. compacta

Possibly

C. iridiflora

No

C. indica

Many varieties

C. indica ssp flava

No

C. indica ssp maculata

No

C. indica ssp warszewiczii

Yes, several sources

C. indica ssp sanctae-rosae

No

C. bangii

C. bangii

No

C. coccinea

Possibly

C. jaegeriana

C. jaegeriana

Yes

C. latifolia

C. turckheimii

Yes, 2 sources

C. liliiflora

C. liliiflora

No, we had it but lost it last winter!

C. pedunculata

C. pedunculata

No

C. flaccida

C. flaccida

Yes, several sources

C. glauca

C. glauca

Yes, in several varieties

C. amabilis

Possibly

C. speciosa

Possibly

C. jacobiniflora

Yes, 2 sources

C. stenantha

No

C. patens

Yes, various sources

C. plurituberosa

No

Taxonomy unconfirmed

C. altensteinii

Yes

Species that we would particularly like to acquire: C. bangii, C. iridiflora, C. pedunculata

The primary objective of Plant Heritage is to conserve the rich and diverse gene pool of garden plants held within the British Isles. To achieve this aim, the National Collections Scheme has been introduced. Today there are over 600 National Collections. These Collections are held by a broad spectrum of garden enthusiasts ranging from large institutions, colleges and local authorities to nurseries, gardens and private individuals.

Read about the NCCPG at
www.nccpg.com

Keith & Christine Hayward, hold the NCCPG Canna Collection at their home, 27 Guildford Road West, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6PS

The best time to see cannas in flower is from July to mid October.
Visitors are welcome
They hold Open Days each year during the August Bank Holiday

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