About
This robust, clump-forming perennial ranks among the tallest of the cannas, potentially growing up to 2.5 meters in optimal conditions. Its broad, grey-green foliage features distinct white markings and stripes. From summer through autumn, it produces light orange blooms.
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
- Partial shade
- 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
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 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
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a border or container in a sheltered, lightly shaded site. Water freely in dry spells and apply a balanced liquid feed monthly. In cold regions, lift the rhizomes in autumn once frost has blackened the foliage and store in barely moist compost in frost-free conditions. In areas that are frost-free or almost so, leave in situ and protect with a deep dry mulch. See canna cultivation for further information
- Pruning
- No pruning required, deadhead spent flowers to prolong flowering
- Propagation
- Propagate by division of rhizomes in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to slugs and snails, aphids, glasshouse red spider mite and caterpillars
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to canna viruses