The canna what is it? The canna is a plant.
The canna is a plant which has the broad foliage of the banana tree and flowers with shimmering colors.
The canna is a tropical plant that goes particularly well with bamboo for example, plants easy to grow. The canna will find its place in all gardens, indoor or outdoor, the canna flourishes in the sun and summer heat, so the canna is very easy to grow under sodium lamp, or other horticultural lighting, try to grow canna under led horticultural lighting, you will be surprised of the result with abundant developments.
The canna can be a large plant, did you know that?
The canna is a flowering plant that can reach very large sizes in your crops. The plants of canna dwarf plants measure at most 80cm, the plants of canna plants can reach up to 1,20m high. Their broad vigorous leaves wrap the stem. They are green or purple, sometimes streaked according to the varieties of canna. Some gardeners prefer them to the flowers, the purple leaves offering an interesting contrast with the green one allowing to obtain from July to October, the flowers in trumpet rising in cluster at the top of the stem. They are yellow, red or orange, sometimes bicolored. Discover the different varieties of canna at culture indoor, all the information about plants and garden.
The tallest cannas will find their place in a bed, for example, or in groups of ten of the same variety, or in the background of a bed of perennials, for example, which will give a very nice effect canna a summer plant, the canna will take over from the spring plants in a border mixed with decorative plants for example.
The dwarf cannas will adapt to their place in a rock garden, a mixed border of plants or a low bed on a garden lawn or landscape. The canna also holds up well in pots and tubs, they will be able to join balconies and terraces to give a beautiful impression.
The canna is a bad cut flower, which wilts very quickly after being picked.
Because of its tropical character, the canna the tropical side of the plant makes it a good match for bamboo and banana trees to create a beautiful arrangement in your flower garden.
Plant and maintain the canna for both indoor and outdoor use, the canna an easy care plant.
Cannas should be planted as early as mid-May (once the winter frost period is over). Give the cannas a sunny and warm exposure, full south very appreciated.
The canna cannas grow in a rich humidified soil which contains humic and fulvic acids, permeable and light. First of all bury the rhizomes to 5-12 cm of depth. We will space the high cannas of 50cm, the dwarfs of 30cm. Did you know that? In pot, the cannas develop less and can be closer to each other.
So pack them well, pack the soil that covers them and water them abundantly.
In summer, with the plants of canna watering is more regular during the summer period but should still remain moderate. Once a week will be appropriate, bring to the cannas fertilizer rich in nitrogen or with a complete fertilizer of type Terra Vega of the mark canna also. Get rid of the flowers with the shears as they bloom and the plant will keep a beautiful aspect and will allow it to continue to develop.
Towards November, once the beautiful season is over, the foliage of the canna yellowing.
It is therefore time to dig up the rhizomes and keep them under cover during the winter by placing them in a wooden box filled with peat and sphagnum moss for example, kept moist, to prevent them from drying out even during the winter period.
Cannas are sold as bulbs and are shipped from mid February to May.
They can be planted outdoors in your gardens or terraces as soon as the risk of frost has passed for the spring.
To plant cannas:
- Prepare the location of your cannas by spading the soil deeply to loosen it and remove stones and weeds.
- Incorporate potting soil and well decomposed compost to improve the soil and enrich it.
The soil canna terra will be perfectly adapted to your crops of canna :
- Water abundantly and regularly to provoke the start of vegetation.
It is possible to start canna bulbs under cover, in a veranda, greenhouse or even indoors, by placing the rhizomes in pots in a mixture of equal parts of topsoil and potting soil, to plant them outdoors in May, the flowering thus starting earlier. Cannas also grow well in pots, especially the dwarf varieties. Can be grown in a grow cabinet of the type Superbox, Blackbox Silver or Secret Jardinto grow your cannas plants all year round.
Then use a rich substrate composed of topsoil and potting soil such as canna terra professional. You can obtain spectacular plants by leaving the pots in a saucer always filled with water and by feeding them with Terra Vega or Terra Flores type fertilizers once a week.
Canna attacked ?
Do you have an attack on your canna plants? How to care for your canna plants canna ?
Find adapted treatments for your canna plants.
You are looking for a treatment against slugs, bet on natural predators: hedgehogs, blackbirds, toads and frogs. They will regulate the slug population in your garden, did you know that?
Welcome them into your garden by planting a wild hedge. Protect your cannas from these voracious gastropods by surrounding their base with sawdust or crumbled eggshells, materials that make it difficult for them to advance and protect your canna plants.
Red spiders discolor the foliage of canna and build small spider webs at the end of their leaves. The ladybug, its natural predator will get rid of them.
Canna indica is the species cultivated in our latitudes.
Canna attack of trips
Canna potato fly
Canna midge
Canna aphid
Contrary to its common name, the canna is native to America and tropical Asia. It belongs to the Cannaceae family, close to the banana trees, which have large, robust and decorative foliage.
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