Canna ‘Marabout’
Syn: Canna ‘The giant of Marabout’
Hybrid cultivar.
Supplied as a seeds (Various quantities)

This is a massive vigorous deciduous perennial, with large tropical looking leaves and bright red flowers topping off 2.5 to 3.0 meter stems. Considered tender by the RHS (H2), So lift tubers in winter after the first frost and store in crates in a frost free, cool place. However we have left the tubers in the ground for several winters with a thick mulch and they come to no harm. They are heavy feeders, so apply a top dressing of organic material in spring, when the first shoots appear and then liquid feed throughout the summer.

SEED SOWING INSTRUCTIONS: 
Seeds need pre treatment before sowing. Scarify the seeds, by filing a small nick on each seed coat and then soak for up to 48 hours in water. Keep the water tepid but not hot. 
Wash and then sow in well drained seed compost in small pots or trays (we sow individually in 7cm pots). Cover seeds with compost to depth go 1cm and then place in a propagator at 20 to 25℃. Germination can take anything from 1 week to 2 months. 
Once the shoot appears remove the seedling from the propagator and place in a warm, well lit place, but not in direct sunlight. Pot on as required. We normally get seedlings to a 3 litre pot in the first year.
Over winter first year plants in a cool, frost free place (Green house is ideal). Then plant out the following year. 

Full Sun
Well drained soil
RHS hardiness rating H2

SUK: CAMA6141

UK PLANT PASSPORT:
A: Canna ‘Marabout’
B: 121396
C: 17092601
D: GB

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