Canna Toucan Pw Scarlet 3G

Toucan® Scarlet Canna Lily

Canna generalis

Features

This Canna Lily will bloom all summer, it is extremely heat tolerant - loving both heat and humidity.  It is adaptable and can take damp conditions, but they are not especially water needy.

True scarlet red flowers top the lush green canopy of this vigorous, highly disease resistant canna that is as easy to grow as petunias. Ideal for warm climates where it flowers like crazy in the summer heat.

This fast growing, vigorous, highly disease resistant canna is as easy to grow as petunias in production. Cannas are ideal for warm climates where they flower like crazy in the heat. Supertunia^® petunias, Sweet Caroline Ipomoea and other high vigor varieties are all good matches in combinations where Toucan^™ cannas act as a bold-foliage, flowering thriller. Their more manageable height makes them easier to work with in containers while maintaining the impressive floral show everyone—including the hummingbirds—loves.

Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer

Long Blooming

Heat Tolerant

Deadheading Not Necessary

Bog Plant

Attracts: 

Hummingbirds

Resists: 

Deer

Characteristics

Plant Type: 

 Annual

Height Category: 

 Tall

Garden Height: 

 30 - 48 Inches 76cm - 1.2m

Spacing: 

 18 - 24 Inches 46cm - 61cm

Spread: 

 18 - 24 Inches 46cm - 61cm

Flower Colors: 

 Red

Flower Shade: 

 Scarlet Red

Foliage Colors: 

 Green

Foliage Shade: 

 Green

Habit: 

 Upright

Container Role: 

 Thriller

Plant Needs

Light Requirement: 

 Part Sun to Sun

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

Maintenance Category: 

 Easy

Bloom Time: 

 Planting To Frost

Hardiness Zones: 

 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b

Water Category: 

 Average

Soil Fertility Requirement: 

 Average Soil

Uses: 

 Container

 Landscape

Uses Notes: 

Great plants for use as the thriller in large combinations, they also do very well grown alone in containers.  They are fantastic landscape plants and lend a tropical feel to gardens in any locale.

Maintenance Notes: 

While deadheading is not necessary to keep them blooming all summer, removing seed pods will likely improve appearance.

In containers an application of controlled release fertilzer should be sufficient for the season, but supplementing with a water soluble plant food starting mid-summer can keep them performing at their best. 

In landscapes, the controlled release application at planting should be enough to last all summer.

Water needs are simple and the plants are quite adaptable, even tolerating standing water for short periods of time.  They can also take periods of relatively dry soil, although consistent moisture will produce the very best plants.