Botanical Name: Common Names:
Canna glauca Canna Lily,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Palms, Ferns & Tropical Clumping, Dense, Upright
Description:
A great tough tropical perennial that grows from underground rhizomes. Tall spears of broad fleshy leaves shoot upright giving way to tall stems of brightly coloured flowers. The foliage can vary from green, bronze, red to purple and the flowers can come in all shades of red, orange, pink and yellow. A fantastic plant to fill a space with lush vibrant colours, looks best when used in mass plantings.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Clay, Loam
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Cut Flower, Erosion Control, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Hedging / Screening, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Tropical Garden, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Snails And Slugs
Cultural Notes: Preforms best in areas of full sun with rich soil that is kept moist and annually apply a slow release fertiliser. Spent blooms can be removed to increase flowering. At the end of the flowering season the entire plant can be cut back to just above ground level to rejuvenate the plant for the next years growth. Plants can be dug up and divided every few years.
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods
Family Name: Origin:
Cannaceae NorthAmerica
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Assorted
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Autumn, Summer
Fruit: No
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Medium
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Tender
Wind: Low
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