Flamboyant, rich red flowers are borne above tropical, dark green to burgundy foliage all Spring and Summer long.
The Canna Cannova ‘Toucan’ series provide a tropical accent in modern plantings. Both foliage and flowers are popular in cut flower arrangements. This Canna Lily will bloom all summer and is extremely heat tolerant – loving both heat and humidity.
In most warmer regions, Canna Cannova Toucan deliver their best display of foliage during Winter and burst into flower in the warmer months from Spring, through Summer and into Autumn. In your garden plant in sunny positions and consider positioning smaller varieties under trees to draw the eye. Cannas are great plants for use in large combination planted containers or fantastic landscape plants to create a tropical look.
Plant Canna Cannova Toucan into soil that is well worked with plenty of good compost. Sunny aspects are preferred to achieve good strong growth and ensure flowering, although part shade is also manageable when the foliage is most desirable. Mulch, water in well and keep the moisture levels up to the new planting. Once each flower has come to its end, remove by cutting at the base of the stem to promote further flowering right through Summer and into Autumn. If rust spots appear on older leaves remove them immediately and dispose of them out of your garden. Do not add to your compost heap as the spores will survive composting and reinfect the plants next season. In Winter, cut the foliage down to ground level to benefit new growth in Spring.
Since Cannas were first introduced to cultivation, hybridisation has occurred naturally at such a rate that telling the true parentage of Canna Cannova Toucan is no longer possible. That being said, it is generally agreed that Canna orchiodes is certainly present in most varieties found today.
The Cannaceae family also includes the edible Canna edulis commonly called Queensland Arrowroot in Australia. Tubers of other varieties within the Cannaceae family are prized by native plant foragers in many parts of the world.
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