Indijinė kana – Canna indica

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Indijinė kana
Latin plant name	Canna indica L.
English plant name	Indian Shot Plant
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Flowerbed, parterres Groups Combination with woody plants Solitaire
ASSORTMENT	main
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 80 to 100
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitus	flower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green purple variegated
Blossom color	yellow, yellow tints orange red, red tints
Blooming time	1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period	2 months
General ornamentality	very decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	5
Group	short-lived perennial (grown 2-4 years)
Bioecological group	No hardy perennials
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, vegetative by rhizome parts. Scrubs are dug up between September and November and stored indoors at 4-5°C during winter. If temperature is higher, scrubs should be covered with peat or sand. It is advisable to start preparing scrubs for planting between February and March. Big scrubs are divided into 5-10 cm long parts (diameter 2-4 cm) with strong bud and 2-3 weak buds. Cutted places are sterilized and dried. Scrubs are planted into rich soil indoors at 15°C temperature. Plants are planted outdoors after the last frost. If propagated by seeds, they should be stratified. Seeds are stored 2 hours on snow, after one second in boiling water and sown in boxes in February. Seeds germinating in 25-30 days. Seedlings are replanted in pots (13 cm diameter) in March and to the final growing place in June.