| One of the most perplexing and aggravating | | | | of native canna species. For instance, William |
| problems in marketing canna lilies or buying canna | | | | Bartram reported the discovery of Canna lutea, |
| rhizomes from the retail market is the practice of | | | | page 153, of Travels, at Fort Frederica, Ga., in the |
| renaming canna cultivars of old or new hybrids | | | | year 1773, as growing luxuriantly, but modern |
| with illegitimate names. One reason merchants | | | | taxonomists have renamed his canna, Canna |
| rename canna lilies is to offer the public an | | | | flaccida. Bartram also reported in his book, |
| apparent new canna choice to plant in the garden. | | | | Travels, pages 424, the discovery of a red |
| Another reason is to rename a canna that has | | | | flowering, 9ft.- tall canna growing near Mobile, Al, |
| fallen out of favor to the gardening public. This | | | | but Canna indica, named after the American |
| practice of renaming flowers is not just a recent | | | | Indians by William Bartram, has now been |
| phenomenon, but it began with the Victorian Era. | | | | arguably renamed. This confusion has not been |
| Plant taxonomists also have given many | | | | beneficial to the development and marketing of |
| arguments about the proper rules for the naming | | | | canna lilies. |