Canna indica Pink and Roses - Indian shot

Canna ‘Pink and Roses’ is a dwarf Indian shot with an exotic look and vibrant colouring, combining bright pink flowering with purple to bronze foliage on a compact clump. Perfect for adding a touch of the tropics to borders as well as large containers, it flowers abundantly in full sun from mid-summer until early autumn. This variety is well-suited to city gardens, large borders and balcony displays.

Belonging to the large horticultural group of Canna × generalis, hybrids from several American tropical species, this Indian shot is a rhizomatous perennial cultivated as a summer bulb. Cannas form an upright clump with broad foliage reminiscent of banana plants, and inflorescences in spikes that rise above the foliage.
In the case of Canna ‘Pink and Roses’, the plant does not exceed 50 to 60 cm in height, with a similar spread. Its sturdy stems bear large ovate leaves, of a very dark green washed with purple to purplish-brown. The medium to deep pink flowers are typical of the Canna genus: irregular, a little like small irises, composed of several broad floral segments that overlap to form an open corolla. They are grouped in upright clusters at the top of the stems, with buds opening one after another from July to September. The foliage is deciduous: it disappears in winter. In most regions, you will need to keep the rhizomes dry and frost-free. Cannas are normally treated as summer "bulbs": their rhizomes are similar to those of achira (Canna edulis), a species long cultivated in the Andes for its edible starch, sometimes called Canna arrow-root.

In the garden, Canna ‘Pink and Roses’ fits into lush scenes alongside plants with decorative foliage. It can be paired with the generous silhouette of Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’, the soft spikes of Pennisetum x advena ‘Rubrum’, or the salmon flowers and purplish foliage of Dahlia ‘Waltzing Mathilda’. To enhance this tropical atmosphere, you can rely on another compact, dark-leaved canna, ‘Mme Angele Martin’. In containers as well as in open ground, these combinations create colourful summer displays that remain decorative until the first frosts.