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Canna Felix Roux - Indian shot

Canna x indica Felix Roux
Indian shot, Canna, Cann Lily, African Arrowroot, Edible Canna, Purple Arrowroot, Sierra Leone Arrowroot

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This dwarf canna is an ideal variety for patios or balconies. This perennial rhizomatous plant boasts a very bright flowering on compact vegetation. Its fairly wide flowers are tightly packed on stout spikes. They are light red tinged with muted pink. Its abundant and healthy green foliage is adorned with purple hues. It likes heat and tolerates drought, but it will be more beautiful if planted in moist but well-drained soil in full sun.
Flower size
7 cm
Height at maturity
60 cm
Spread at maturity
50 cm
Exposure
Sun, Partial shade
Hardiness
Hardy down to -15°C
Soil moisture
Dry soil, Moist soil
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Best planting time April to May
Recommended planting time March to May
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Description

Canna 'Felix Roux' is an ideal variety for patios or balconies. This perennial rhizomatous plant boasts a very bright flowering on compact vegetation. Its fairly wide flowers are tightly packed on stout spikes. They are light red tinged with muted pink. Its abundant and healthy green foliage is adorned with purple hues. It likes heat and tolerates drought, but it will be more beautiful if planted in moist but well-drained soil in full sun.

 

Canna 'Felix Roux' is a horticultural creation, belonging to a large group of hybrid cannas of unknown or complex lineage, all of which originate from tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. This plant belongs to the Cannaceae family, and to the same group as gingers and bananas. In spring, its thick and knotty rhizome develops a dense and wide clump measuring at least 50cm (20in), composed of numerous large entire leaves whose sheathing base forms a false stem. The thick green leaves resemble those of bananas, but they are marbled with purple. From July until the first frost, thin floral stems measuring 60cm (24in) in height appear in the centre. The asymmetrical flowers are grouped in dense spikes. The rounded blooms are composed of fairly wide petals in a soft and bright red colour. At the end of the season, the flowers are followed by peculiar round fruits covered with spines. These green capsules turn violet and then brown, and they contain fertile, black, and very hard seeds. This variety thrives particularly well in warm Mediterranean-style climates.

 

Hybrid Cannas are majestic and colourful plants, ideal for the back of flower beds. Consider planting a densely packed flower bed with about ten bulbs of the same variety, or by mixing green and purple foliage.  'Felix Roux' can be used to create stunning exotic-looking container displays, alongside agapanthus, amaranths, and cosmos. It forms a beautiful combination with a banana plant or bamboo. Grow this plant like a dahlia. Dig up the rhizomes before the frost arrives and replant them in spring.

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Canna Felix Roux - Indian shot (Flowering) Flowering

Plant habit

Height at maturity 60 cm
Spread at maturity 50 cm
Growth rate normal

Flowering

Flower colour red
Flowering time July to November
Inflorescence Spike
Flower size 7 cm

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous
Foliage colour purple

Botanical data

Genus

Canna

Species

x indica

Cultivar

Felix Roux

Family

Cannaceae

Other common names

Indian shot, Canna, Cann Lily, African Arrowroot, Edible Canna, Purple Arrowroot, Sierra Leone Arrowroot

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference50211

Planting and care

Plant the bulbs after the last frosts. The soil should be moist but well-drained (if necessary, lighten your soil with turf or sand). Space them 40cm (16in) apart. Cover with 5cm (2in) of soil. Apply organic fertiliser at planting and at least once a month. Water regularly so that the soil never completely dries out. Its flowering will be more beautiful if it is planted in partial shade.

It does not like cold weather. It must be protected from frost during winter. Dig up the rhizomes and keep them dry and cool. You can place them in turf, for example. 

You can speed up their cycle by planting them in pots under frost-free shelter as early as February, and then transplanting them to the garden in warmer weather.

 

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Planting period

Best planting time April to May
Recommended planting time March to May
Planting depth 6 cm

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow
Type of use Border, Free-standing, Container
Hardiness Hardy down to -15°C (USDA zone 7b) Show map
Ease of cultivation Amateur
Planting density 3 per m2
Exposure Sun, Partial shade
Soil pH Any
Soil moisture Dry soil, Moist soil, Well-draining, fertile, deep.

Care

Pruning instructions Regularly remove faded flowers.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time July to September
Soil moisture Dry soil, Moist soil
Disease resistance Very good
Overwinter Needs to be stored
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