About
Canna 'Brillant' is a compact, clump-forming perennial that reaches a height of up to 75 cm. It features broad, paddle-shaped leaves in a mid-green hue and produces vibrant, deep red flowers measuring approximately 5 cm in diameter, blooming in late summer and autumn.
About the genus
Canna are herbaceous perennials characterized by their rhizomatous growth and upright stems. They feature broad, oval leaves and prominent flowers that include petal-like staminodes along with smaller, colored petals and sepals. These blooms appear in clusters, such as racemes or panicles, during the summer and autumn months.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial, Conservatory Greenhouse, Bedding
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical, Coastal
Care notes
- Cultivation
- As a patio plant grow in pots of peat-free compost in a sheltered site in full sun. Plants can also be planted into a sunny border. Water freely and apply a high potassium feed every 2-3 weeks in the growing season. Lift the rhizomes in autumn when frost blackens the foliage. Store over winter in bAs a patio plant grow in pots of peat-free compost in a sheltered site in full sun. Plants can also be planted into a sunny border. Water freely and apply a high potassium feed every 2-3 weeks in the growing season. Lift the rhizomes in autumn when frost blackens the foliage. Store over winter in barely moist compost in frost-free conditions. See canna cultivation for further informationarely moist compost in frost-free conditions. See canna cultivation for further information
- Pruning
- Leave to die back in autumn, deadhead flowers to prolong flowering
- Propagation
- Propagate by division of rhizomes in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to caterpillars, slugs and snails. glasshouse red spider mite and aphids
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to canna viruses