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Head to the tropics.


Tropicanna[R] Black is the newest member of the hugely successful Tropicanna family of branded cannas from Anthony Tesselaar Plants. Tropicanna Black boasts deep, purple-black Adj. 1. purple-black - of black tinged with purple
purplish-black

achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"
 foliage and contrasting bright scarlet flowers flowers

represent this season. [Art: Hall, 129]

See : Spring


Flowers
Anthea

epithet of Hera, meaning “flowery.” [Gk. Myth.
. Its leaves are much fuller and more rounded than other popular dark-leafed cannas with a tighter internodal in·ter·node  
n.
A section or part between two nodes, as of a nerve or stem.



inter·nod
 space between the leaves and stems. It is also thought by most observers to be richer and darker in color, with the color holding throughout the season. Tropicanna Black grows about four- feet high in its first year, and will grow up to six-feet high in perennialized plantings in subsequent years. Anthony Tesselaar USA, (310) 349-0714. www.tesselaar.com.

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Publication:Parks & Recreation
Date:Dec 1, 2005
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