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Canna flaccida

SE. America; 50cm - 2m
Planting position: Full sun. Suitable for all growing regions without severe frost.
Requires regular watering. Well-draining soil, enriched with compost. Applications of liquid fertiliser during flowering season. Cutting back dead flowers, thus ensuring ongoing flowering. Watch out for snails and fungal diseases.
Propagate from winter division, every second year.

This easy-to-grow plant is popular for its attractive foliage and orchid-like flowers. Its large leaves are in shades of purple, scarlet, bronze and pale green. The summer flowers can appear throughout the year in favourable conditions, and available in scarlet to red, pink, pinkish-orange, yellow, gold, cream and ivory white. Some are blotched, fringed or striped. The many varieties range from tall- to dwarf sizes.

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