About
Canna 'General Eisenhower' is a compact, upright perennial that typically reaches a height of around 1.5 meters. It develops clumps of substantial, deep burgundy-bronze foliage. During the summer and early autumn, it produces large, vibrant deep orange blooms that add visual interest to the garden.
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
- Conservatory Greenhouse, Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, Architectural, City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical
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 barely moist compost in frost-free conditions. See canna cultivation for further information
- Pruning
- Deadhead to promote continued flowering. Leave to die back in autumn
- Propagation
- Propagate by division of rhizomes in early spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, slugs and caterpillars
- Disease resistance
- Canna may be susceptible to canna viruses