The Gardener's Guide to Growing Cannas (Gardener's Guide to Growing Series) - Hardcover
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The strong forms and eye-catching colors of cannas make them perfect for planting as focal points or to help create a subtropical ambience.
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This volume provides practical advice on most of the 90 cannas available. Increasingly popular perennials, cannas are perfect for today's flamboyant, tropical-style garden trends.
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Cannas are among nature's exhibitionists. Their large, lush leaves are accompanied by flamboyant blooms for a long period over summer. To the gardener in cooler countries, the plants look impossibly exotic, as if they would wilt at the merest hint of a fresh breeze. However, cannas are capable of flowering prolifically in temperate climates and, although usually lifted for frost-free winter storage, will even survive outside all year round in mild areas. Their strong forms and eye-catching colors make them perfect for planting in small numbers as focal points or in bigger groups to create a subtropical ambience. Best known for their brighter hues, there are also plenty of cannas in subtle tones for a more refined effect.
In The Gardener's Guide to Growing Cannas, Ian Cooke describes just how easy it is to grow and propagate these plants. He provides information on the history of the genus, as well as its botanical makeup, its role and versatility in the garden, and its popularity worldwide.
A key feature of the book is its comprehensive A-Z of plants. The list concentrates on the hybrid forms for which the genus is famous, but there is also a selection of species, many of which are worth growing and all of which are interesting in that they have provided the genetic material for the wealth of flower and leaf colors available today. For those keen to experiment, Ian Cooke also details how hybridization is carried out and provides an insight into the world of modern canna breeders.
Illustrated with gorgeous photographs and specially commissioned botanical drawings, this is an informative and fascinating book for both established canna growers and newcomers alike.
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- PublisherTimber Pr
- Publication date1609
- ISBN 10 0881925136
- ISBN 13 9780881925135
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
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