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Genus: Canna

Common Name: Canna, Indian Shot, 'Durban'.

Latin Name: Canna 'Durban'.

Variety: 'Durban'.

Family Name: Cannaceae

Plant Description:

This is one of the most flamboyant plants you could grow. The large upright paddle like leaves are striped in green, red, yellow and maroon and the flowers open a bright orange. It is a tender plant that needs to be given frost protection during the winter but can be planted out either in a pot or directly into a border in the spring. It is ideal for creating an exotic effect in the garden.

Latin Name Explanation:

Canna is the Latin word for a type of reed.

Preferred Aspect: Sun (partial shade)

Height: 1m

Spread: 30cm

Form: Herbaceous

Hardiness: Frost Tender

Grown Height: 1m

Grown Spread: 30cm

Leaf Type: Herbaceous

Likes Soil Type:

Any reasonably fertile soil
Chalky Loam
Clay
Clay Loam
Container Compost
Loam
Peaty
Sandy
Sandy Loam
Silty

Does not thrive in Soil Type:

Hardiness: Frost Tender

Preferred Aspect: Sun (partial shade)

Primary Flower Colour: Red

Primary Foliage Colour: Variegated

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Period of Interest

Planting Period

Pruning Period

Element of Interest:

Adds height and interest to the garden
Autumn Colour
Colour
Flowers & Leaves
Leaves
Shape - Adds Character to Your Garden
Shape & Colour


Likes PH: Slightly Acid - Neutral - Slightly Alkaline

Does not thrive in PH:

Moisture Level: Moisture retentive soil

Growth Rate: Grows and dies back in the same year (herbaceous)

After Care Required: Protect from Frost


Work Involved: Needs Some Attention

Fragrance: Not Scented

Suitable for Small Garden:

Does it need staking?:

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Specific Planting:

Plant into a moisture retentive soil that has been treated with a granular fertiliser and plenty of organic matter worked in.

Specific Care:

At the end of the season when there is a threat of frost cut down the foliage and lift the plant. Put it into a pot and keep that pot in a cool but frost free place. It does not need light and can be treated like a dahlia tuber with the compost being kept just moist. In the spring start watering the plant as it comes into growth. When the danger of frost has gone plant out into the garden either in a container or in the garden border. Feed the ground well before plant out your Canna.

Specific Feeding:

If you are growing this in a pot give it plenty of water and feed with a liquid fertiliser every two weeks.

Propagation

Division
From Seed

Canna indica 'Purpurea' Canna 'Black Knight' Canna 'Erebus' Canna 'Louis Cottin' Canna 'Panache' Canna 'Striata' Canna 'Stuttgart' Canna 'Tropicanna' Canna 'Wyoming'

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