C. 'Fairy Queen' is an old French hybrid from late 1800's - mid 1900's. It has been noted in other Internet info & research I received that 'Fairy Queen' is possibly the "ancestor" of more modern hybrids -- eg., C. 'Lucifer' and others.

These blooms are prolific on medium height (to 4ft) growth and the foliage is green with a slight "blue" hue. Clumping habit is "tight," as is the tillering. New sections may be so close to the old rhizome that they resemble bulbs!
The plant is fertile both ways (but not necessarily self pollinating) and produces good quantities of seed, provided enough pollinators are around when it flowers. I plant masses of Catmint around my canna gardens, as I find it attracts a multitude of pollinators during the day and night.

The red is quite "eye popping" and the yellow is intense and bright, but it fades off to white as the bloom ages. The red remains intense.
This canna was given its first mention in Conard & Jones Catalogue, 1899. The margins of yellow will vary in width and irregularity, depending on the heat of the season: When it is colder, they narrow!

My first division of this was acquired from an old garden in my area. The original owner's soldier husband brought her a section back from France after WWI. It still grows in that garden!

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