General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Flower Time: |
Summer
Late summer or early fall
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| Underground structures: |
Rhizome
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| Uses: |
Guardian plant
Vegetable
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
Hummingbirds
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Division
Offsets
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| Containers: |
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Posted by
FleudeLisCanna (Tenterfield NSW Australia) on Dec 26, 2014 8:26 PM concerning plant:
This canna is known as: C. ‘Alemannia’ as well as C. ‘Cattleya.’
Its ancestry is related to water cannas and therefore it has a habit of tillering prolifically. I can vouch for that!
The clumps are therefore "loose," but allow easy division for control and propagation as this canna does not produce seeds.
It was introduced by C. Sprenger, Dammann & Co., Naples, Italy in 1897, now classing it as a "heritage canna." Upon its release in 1897, it received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society and later was featured prominently in the 1908 RHS outdoor trials at Wisley, England.
My specimens grow to over 6ft with the flower heads above the leaves.
It is one of the cannas confused at times with either C. 'Roma' or C. 'Italia' or C. 'Britannia'.
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