Wednesday 1 July 2015

The Canna Plant

Which plant can bring striking beauty to your garden? 
The Canna Plant is a rhizomatous perennial that grows with tropical-like foliage and large beautiful flowers, that resemble that of the iris. Canna is a genus of 19 species of flowering plants. It is family to the Zingiberales or Musaceae. These stunning beauties are low maintenance and easy to grow. The Canna comes in many different varieties and colors. The colors are strikingly beautiful and may be red, yellow or orange. You may even see colors such as maroon, bronze and variegate, depending on their species. The Canna plant thrives best in partially shaded areas or direct sunlight, moist soil that is properly well drained and rich in organic matter. Canna plants also thrive well in both pots and in the ground, and although resilient they can be susceptible to the cold. Over-wetting can do more harm than good.

5 comments:

  1. Yellow and spotted. Never thought that would be a good thing.

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  2. This Canna plant is tremendously beautiful.The picture actually looks as though the sun is rising right behind the flower.The Canna plant really lights up a garden.

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  3. This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing, I will be heading to the plant shop now.

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