About
Canna 'Panache' is a clump-forming perennial that reaches heights of up to 1.8 meters. It features slender, greyish-green foliage and produces open clusters of small flowers. These blooms are pale apricot with a pink hue in their throats, typically appearing in 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, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, East-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial, Conservatory Greenhouse
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.5-1 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants, Coastal, Sub-tropical
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a fertile soil in a sheltered site in full sun, planting out once the danger of frosts has passed. See canna cultivation for further information
- Pruning
- Leave to die back in autumn
- Propagation
- Propagate by division of rhizomes in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, aphids and caterpillars but generally pest free
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to Canna viruses