canna 'Lenape'
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Clump-forming perennial about 1.5m tall, with large, broad pale-edged green leaves, and funnel-shaped, bright golden-yellow flowers heavily freckled with red spots, opening from midsummer to early autumn
Scientific classification
- Species
- canna 'Lenape' (Canna 'Lenape')
- Genus
- Canna
- Family
- Cannaceae
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- Toxicity
- Conservatory Greenhouse · Herbaceous Perennial
- Plant type
- 1-1.5 metres
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
- Bushy
- Habit
- Spring · Summer · Autumn
- Season of interest
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of canna 'Lenape'
Distribution map
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of canna 'Lenape'
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canna 'Lenape' care guide
- Keep moisture even through flowering and fruiting, avoiding hard dry swings
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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Watering
Keep moisture even through flowering and fruiting, avoiding hard dry swings
Fertilizing
FertilizingTomato or pepper feed every one to two weeks in fruiting season
Pruning
PruningLeave to die back in autumn, deadhead flowers to prolong flowering
Propagation
PropagationPropagate by division of rhizomes in spring
Growing
GrowingAs a patio plant grow in pots of loamless compost in a sheltered site in full sun. Plants can also be planted into a sunny border. Water freely and apply a high potassium feed every 2-3 weeks in the growing season. Lift the rhizomes in autumn when frost blackens the foliage. Store over winter in barely moist compost in frost-free conditions. See canna cultivation for further information
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
May be susceptible to canna viruses
Pests
May be susceptible to slugs and snails, caterpillars, glasshouse red spider mite and aphids
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