Canna species (cultivars)
Posted: July 7th, 2013, 10:23 am
| Botanical Name | Canna |
| Family | Cannaceae |
| Genus | Canna |
| Specie | 19 species |
| Local Name in Urdu | N/A |
| Common Name | Canna Lily, Canna, Indian shot, Arrowroot |
| Life Cycle | Perennial |
| Cultivar Name | N/A |
| Category(Bulb/Corm/Tuber/Rhizome/root) | Rhizomes |
| Hardiness | Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 08-11 |
| Soil PH | 5.7 to 6.3 |
| Planting Time | Spring |
| Planting Depth | 4 Inches (10cm) |
| Spacing | 08 to 15 Inches (20cm to 37.5cm) they like to grow in clumps |
| Height | 24 to 144 inches |
| Exposure | Full to semi sun |
| Flowering Time | Summer to Fall |
| Flower Color | Red, Yellow, Orange Pink and mix of mentioned colours |
| Fragrant | Few but neither very strong fragrant nor very pleasant |
| Uses | This plant has number of uses, Work really good as borders, grow in flowering beds and pots. Agricultural use to collect starch from Rhizomes, foliage as vegetation, seeds as beads/jewellery and also used in musical instruments, and India use to produce alcohol, fibre from the leaves are used as alternative to jute and Paper |
| Propagation | they propagate very quickly, divide the offset/rhizome and plant them separately, could also be propagated by seeds but their seeds have a hard shell (cover) and require treatment(stratification) to germinate |
| Difficulty(Easy/Intermediate/Hard ) | Easy |
| Suitable for (KHI/LHR/RWL/ISL/PWR/Highlands) | Almost all areas |
| Tips to grow | Drought and poor soil tolerant but rich soil and generous watering is recommended also grow near water ponds (aquatic variety) |
| Other Details | Native to Tropical and sub-tropical areas and can easily be grown in most of the countries very easy plant to manage and propagate very quickly, available in different varieties from wild to agricultural and from oriental to hybrid, new hybrid varieties and short in height and give bigger and better blooms, and flower count is also satisfactory. |
Another beautiful addition Farhan's garden