How to tend a Canna indica

Also known as: Canna achiras Gillies ex D.Don, Canna altensteinii Bouché, Canna amabilis T.Koyama & Nob.Tanaka, Canna aurantiaca Roscoe, Canna aureovittata G.Lodd., Canna barbadica Bouché, Canna bidentata Bertol., Canna bifida Roem. & Schult., Canna brasiliensis Roscoe ex Spreng., Canna carnea Roscoe, Canna cearensis Huber, Canna chinensis Willd., Canna cinnabarina Bouché, Canna coccinea Mill., Canna coccinea var. bicolor Kraenzl., Canna commutata Bouché, Canna compacta Roscoe, Canna concinna Bouché, Canna crocea Roem. & Schult., Canna densifolia Bouché, Canna discolor Lindl., Canna discolor var. rubripunctata Nob.Tanaka, Canna discolor var. viridifolia Nob.Tanaka, Canna edulis Ker Gawl., Canna ehrenbergii Bouché, Canna elegans Raf., Canna ellipticifolia Stokes, Canna esculenta G.Don, Canna exigua Bouché, Canna eximia Bouché ex Horan., Canna flavescens Link, Canna floribunda Bouché, Canna formosa Bouché, Canna fulgida Bouché, Canna heliconiifolia Bouché, Canna heliconiifolia var. xalapensis (Bouché) Kraenzl., Canna humilis Bouché, Canna indica var. coccinea (Mill.) Aiton, Canna indica var. edwardsii Regel, Canna indica var. flava (Roscoe) Baker, Canna indica var. limbata (Regel) Petersen, Canna indica var. lutea (Mill.) Aiton, Canna indica var. maculata Hook., Canna indica var. nepalensis (Bouché) Baker, Canna indica var. patens Aiton, Canna indica var. rubra Aiton, Canna indica var. sanctae-rosae (Kraenzl.) Nob.Tanaka, Canna indica var. warszewiczii Nob.Tanaka, Canna juncea Retz., Canna laeta Bouché, Canna lagunensis Lindl., Canna lambertii Lindl. ex Ker Gawl., Canna lanuginosa Roscoe, Canna leptochila Bouché, Canna limbata Roscoe, Canna lutea Mill., Canna lutea Larrañaga, Canna lutea var. aurantiaca Kraenzl., Canna lutea var. pallida Kraenzl., Canna macrophylla Horan., Canna maculata (Hook.) Link, Canna maxima Lodd. ex Roscoe, Canna montana Blume, Canna moritziana Bouché, Canna nepalensis Hort.Par. ex D.Dietr., Canna occidentalis Roscoe, Canna orientalis Bouché, Canna orientalis Roscoe, Canna orientalis var. flava Roscoe, Canna pallida Roscoe, Canna patens (Aiton) Roscoe, Canna pentaphylla D.Dietr., Canna platyphylla Nees & Mart., Canna plurituberosa T.Koyama & Nob.Tanaka, Canna poeppigii Bouché, Canna polyclada Wawra, Canna polymorpha Bouché, Canna portoricensis Bouché, Canna pruinosa Hoffmanns., Canna pulchra Bouché ex Horan., Canna pulchra Hassk., Canna recurvata Bouché, Canna roscoeana Bouché, Canna rotundifolia André, Canna rubra Willd., Canna rubricaulis Link, Canna sanctae-rosae Kraenzl., Canna sanguinea Bouché, Canna sanguinea Warsz. ex Otto & A.Dietr., Canna saturate-rubra Bouché ex K.Koch, Canna schubertii Horan., Canna seleriana Kraenzl., Canna sellowii Bouché, Canna speciosa Roscoe ex Sims, Canna spectabilis Bouché, Canna sulphurea Bouché, Canna surinamensis Bouché, Canna tenuiflora Bouché ex A.Dietr., Canna textoria Noronha, Canna thyrsiflora Hegetschw., Canna tinei Tod., Canna variabilis Willd., Canna variegata Besser, Canna variegata Bouché, Canna variegatifolia Ciciar., Canna ventricosa Bouché, Canna warszewiczii A.Dietr., Canna xalapensis Bouché, Cannacorus indicus (L.) Medik., Cannacorus ovatus Moench, Distemon brasiliensis (Roscoe ex Spreng.) Bouché, Distemon grandis Horan., Xyphostylis lutea (Mill.) Raf., Canna coccinea f. flaviflora Chodat & Hassl., Canna denudata var. grandis Petersen, Canna lutea var. maculata Petersen, Canna warszewiczii var. flameus Ram.Goyena, Canna ellipticifolia var. coccinea (Mill.) Stokes, Canna speciosa Hegetschw, Canna ellipticifolia var. lutea (Mill.) Stokes, Canna ellipticifolia var. patens (Aiton) Stokes, Canna ellipticifolia var. rubra Stokes, Canna coccinea var. limbata Regel, Canna patens var. limbata (Regel) Baker, Canna indica var. variegata Regel, Canna coccinea var. floribunda (Bouché) Regel, Canna indica var. karsteniana Regel, Canna coccinea var. concolor Regel, Canna texensis Regel, Canna ascendens Ciciar., Canna indica f. rubroaurantiaca Makino, Canna indica subsp. orientalis Baker, Canna pallida var. maculata (Hook.) Roscoe, Canna fuchsina Ciciar., Canna indica var. indica , Canna achiras Gill., Canna indica var. coccinea Willd., Canna crocea Lag. ex Rchb., Canna densiflora Bouché, Canna gaboniensis Chaté, Canna musifolia Année ex Chaté, Canna caledonispeltata Chaté, Canna peruviana-purpurea Année ex Chaté, Canna peruviana-robusta Année ex Chaté, Canna purpurea-spectablis Année ex Chaté, Canna lutea var. genuina Kraenzl., Canna zebrina Année ex André, Canna tineoi Tod., Canna robusta Année ex André, Canna vanhouttei Lierv. ex André, Canna peruviana Année ex André, Canna expansa Année ex André, Canna lavallei André, Canna houlletii André, Canna musifolia-hybrida Année ex André, Canna peruviana-spectabilis Année ex Chaté, Canna musifolia-edulis André, Canna atronigricans André, Canna liervalii André, Canna porteana André, Canna occidentalis Ker Gawl., Canna limbata var. hybrida Année ex André, Canna orientalis var. flavescens (Link) Baker, Canna indica var. speciosa Baker, Canna indica var. saturaterubra Regel, Canna lutea var. aurantiaca (Roscoe) Regel, Canna lutea var. pallida (Roscoe) Regel, Canna nepalensis Bouché, Canna lutea var. maculata (Hook.) Regel, Canna musifolia unranked sanguinea Hend. & Andr.Hend., Canna aurantiaca unranked splendida Année ex André, Canna zebrina unranked nana André, Canna bihorellii G.Nicholson, Canna expansa-rubra G.Nicholson, Canna insignis G.Nicholson, Canna rendatleri G.Nicholson, Canna indica var. orientalis Baker

Watering

Likes wet environments, water thoroughly when soil is dry, avoid saturated water

Sunlight

Like sunshine, grows in sunny places

Soil

Soil with loose texture or soil with specific nutrients

Fertilizer

Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply 1-2 times monthly

Pruning

Remove aged tissues, dead, rotten, diseased leaves timely

About this plant

Origin
Tropical Americas, India, Malay Peninsula
Category
Cannaceae, Canna
Size
Diameter ≥ 15 cm, height ≥ 25 cm
Blooming period
Flowering and fruiting period March-December
Flower colors
red, yellow, purple or bicolor
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