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Family: Cannaceae (kan-AY-see-ee) (Info) Genus: Canna (KAN-uh) (Info) Species: x generalis (jen-er-RAY-liss) (Info) Cultivar: Australia Additional cultivar information: (aka Feuerzauber)
On May 29, 2006, shoeboxsavings from Desert Hills, AZ (Zone 9b) wrote:
Planted against a 4 ft stucco wall with west sun on back side of wall but otherwise FULL SUN in N. Phoenix AZ. These babies are loving our heat. It's Nearly june and the 5 Australia Canna's I planted are thriving in the desert sun. They've been blooming continuously for about a month and going strong. They're even taking the occasional beatings from my 2 dogs. If they break a shoot or two I just cut it off and it saps over and starts new shoots. It is the Desert so the drip irrigation is a must but there a beautiful center piece to our garden.
Only draw back is that the blooms last less than a 3 days and need to be plucked from the shoot occasionally. Blooms are a brilliant red/orange.
Echo the previous reviews. Very dark, more than any other. Spreads very vell, almost to the point of invasiveness. Only issue, is, the stems are a bit weak and tend to blow or flop over easily, but might be a product of my growing in partial shade. Great plant.
On Nov 17, 2005, admodeva from Dutton, AL (Zone 7a) wrote:
Really grew large in its first year. I love the dark colored foliage; it's very striking. I am impressed it held up very well during the drought this summer.
On Jul 14, 2002, Abutilon from Coal Center, PA (Zone 6a) wrote:
One of the darkest leafed cannas anywhere. Leaves are satiny and appear near-black in the heat of summer.
Large, soft, medium-red flowers are very lovely, too (o:
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Dutton, Alabama Weaver, Alabama Anthem, Arizona Hereford, Arizona Mesa, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Tucson, Arizona Clayton, California Zephyrhills, Florida Lawrenceville, Georgia South Amana, Iowa Madison, Mississippi Stony Brook, New York Fuquay Varina, North Carolina Fate, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Jacksonville, Texas La Vernia, Texas Redmond, Washington
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