Canna x generalis 'Sirikit'

Scientific name: Canna x generalis 'Sirikit'

Common name: Canna lily hybrids

Chinese name: 美人蕉 (mei ren jiao - beautiful lady banana)
Malay name: Bunga Tasbih

Family: Cannaceae

Origin: Horticulture

Category: Perennial herb

Photo taken at: Rooftop Secret Garden of 1 Utama

The name "Canna" originates from the Celtic word for a cane or reed.(Source: Wikipedia)

How to grow

Light : Full sun

Soil : Rich, moist but well drained

Water : Regular

Prune : Remove dried flowers and cut off dead leaf stalks to ground level

Propagate : Division of young rhizomes with 1-2 growing buds.

Grow numerous plants on the ground e.g.in flower beds and borders. This will lead to continuous flowering of one after another.

Features :

Canna leaves look like banana leaves. The leaves are overlapping aerial shoots which arise from underground rhizomes.  There are about 5-10 leaves on each aerial shoot. At the centre is the flowering shoot which bears a few large heads of flowers. Each flower head has about 3-30 flowers. The flowers lasts 1-3 days. The attractive and brightly coloured 'flowers' are enlarged stamens.