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CANNA
Commonly known as Canna lily, Indian shot plant
All flower JUL-AUG
Genus of about 50 species of perennials from forest margins and moist open areas in forests in Asia and tropical North and South America.
If protected from frost they are easily grown to flowering requiring an average 6-8 hours sunlight over summer.
The rhizomes are rich sources of starch and have been used as foodstuff historically and was once a staple food crop in Peru and Ecuador.
Hundreds of hybrids exist from complex crosses and distinction between them has become blurred.
Further Reading....
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Orange
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Height - 1.8m (5ft)
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Spread - 50cm (20in)
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Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial - upright rhizomatous perennial. Produces gladiolus-like, frilled flowers to 10cm (4in) across with apricot feathering and darker orange margins
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Herbaceous - Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
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Half hardy - unheated greenhouse / mild winter - Hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK except in severe winters and a risk from sudden (early) frosts. May be hardy elsewhere with wall shelter or good micro-climate. Likely to be damaged or killed in cold winters. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -5°C (23°F)
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Full sun - sheltered site. Water freely during dry spells.
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Additional Features - Good to know - - deadhead to promote continued flowering. Suitable for container growing
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Pests & Diseases - outdoors - slugs, caterpillars. Under glass - red spider mite.
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Place of origin - Asia, tropical North and South America.
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Flower Shape - Racemes -
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Hardiness - Frost hardy (down to -5) -
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Leaf Colour (if not green) - Purple - - brown-purple with darker purple veins.
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Seasonal Interest - Autumn -
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Summer
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Soil Conditions - Fertile well drained soil -
Canna - Care Guide
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- Dividing Herbaceous Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring Planting Osteospermums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Summer Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing summer flowering Hemerocallis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-seeding aquilegia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Supporting Plants - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading meconopsis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading Delphiniums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
Tubers - Care Guide
1.8m (5ft)
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Buy Varieties of CANNA


CANNA 'Striata' >
Commonly known as: Canna lily, Indian shot plant.
(syn. 'Bengal Tiger', 'Pretoria') - orange. Yellow-green foliage

CANNA 'Tropicanna Black' >
Commonly known as: Canna lily, Indian shot plant.
Scarlet flowers fading to orange. Purple-black foliage

CANNA 'Tropicanna Gold' >
Commonly known as: Canna lily, Indian shot plant.
Yellow flowers edged orange. Green-gold striped foliage
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