CANNAS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20514, 15 March 1930, Page 5 (Supplement)

CANNAS.

ATTRACTIVE DISPLAYS. Cannas rank next to dahlias at this keason as the shov.-icst and most attractive flowering plants. They are splendid dry Vy-eather subjects and succeed almost, Anywhere, even close to the base of big trees, where they flourish and flower under inost adverse conditions. They impart a Jub-trppical aspect to the garden and {rounds with ..their broad foliage in varies shades of green, coppery, bronze, bea green and dark metallic purple, surmounted by tall, upright spikes of gladiolifke blossoms in various shades'of scarlet, I'ch crimson, pink, orange, yellow, yellow leavily spotted with chocolate, also scarlet Fith broad yellow margin. lliere are a large number of named nineties of different sizes. Some are |i dwarf habit and all produco large fusses of most attractive flowers. Qannas now advantage planted in groups Jrranged according to the colours of their Wiage and flpwers. They require a, fairly noltered situation, as the flowers are easily B 'f U k'? strong winds. They arc unstable for cut purposes, as they do not I ■ The dwarf, large-flowered varieties r e specially adapted for growing in pots f. They should be taken up antiu■y, the clumps separated and if possiblo . wanted in different places.