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Canna pedunculata

Canna pedunculata
Photo: Sims,, Public domain

Canna pedunculata is a tall, frost-tender rhizomatous perennial from south-east Brazil, grown for its long-stalked flowers. Give it full sun, rich moist soil and warmth, and lift or protect the rhizomes where winters are cold.

Family
Cannaceae (Cann family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top few centimetres dry between waterings.
Soil
Rich, well-drained loam or garden soil with added organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Canna pedunculata is a species of the Canna genus, belonging to the family Cannaceae. Native of south-east Brazil at low altitudes. Johnson's Dictionary of 1856 reports that it first entered England in 1820, pedunculata meaning 'long-flower-stalked'.

It is a perennial growing to 2.5 m (8 ft) tall. It is hardy to zone 10 and is frost tender. In the north latitudes it is in flower from August to October, and the seeds ripen in October. The flowers are hermaphrodite.

Other Canna plants

Indian Shot · Canna bangii · Canna coccinea · Indian Shot · Indian Shot · Canna ×ehemannii · Bandanna of the Everglades · Maraca amarilla · Indian shot · Canna iridiflora · Caribbean canna · Canna liliiflora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Canna pedunculata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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