Leaves: Leaf Color: Gold/Yellow Green Leaf Feel: Glossy Leaf Value To Gardener: Showy Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Orbicular Ovate Leaf Margin: Crenate Serrate Hairs Present: No Leaf Length: 3-6 inches Leaf Width: 3-6 inches Leaf Description: New leaves are golden and mature to chartreuse.Four-parted, with two small and two large petal-like parts and many stamens. Flowers: Flower Color: Red/Burgundy Flower Inflorescence: Cyme Flower Value To Gardener: Long Bloom Season Showy Flower Bloom Time: Spring Summer Flower Shape: Saucer Flower Size: Fruit: Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Description: Winged capsule.Reed canarygrass does well on most Pennsylvania soils except droughty sands. If not grazed or clipped, plants will reach heights exceeding 6 feet under high fertility conditions. The plants spread and thicken from short rhizomes, creating a dense sod. Cultural Conditions: Light: Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: High Organic Matter Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Moist USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b Reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) is a tall, leafy, high-yielding perennial.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Annual Habit/Form: Arching Mounding Maintenance: Medium Texture: Medium.Attributes: Genus: Begonia Family: Begoniaceae Life Cycle: Annual Perennial Country Or Region Of Origin: Brazil Dimensions: Height: 1 ft.Tags: #showy flowers #red flowers #shade garden #showy leaves #shade annual #chartreuse #mounding #long bloom time #border planting #partial shade tolerant #woodland garden #container plant #patio #landscape plant sleuths course Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO created by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee. They are impressive to look at and to have in your aviary. Powdery mildew, botrytis, and stem rot, especially in humid conditions with poor air circulation can be a problem. One of the most outstanding red canaries is the frosted with a combination of red and white feathers. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Whitefly, thrips, mites and mealybugs can be a problem. Use in borders, mass plantings, walkways, woodland areas and containers. Does best with evenly moist soil but not wet soils. It will do best with some morning or evening sun. Grow this plant in well-drained moist and amended soils in part shade. This plant will reach up to 18 inches with a similar spread and has a clumping, arching type growth pattern. It blooms well with red flowers throughout the season. It has showy leaves that start out golden and mature to chartreuse. 'Canary Wings' is a cultivar of cane-like begonias in the Begoniaceae family.
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