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Canna Lily
Summer and Fall-Flowering Bulb, Annual Flower
Canna sp.
Cannaceae Family
Cana Lilies have large leaves that resemble those of banana plants, and
tall spikes of showy flowers, that bring a tropical feel to the summer
garden. The tender bulbs must be dug and stored over winter.
Site Characteristics
Plant Traits
Special Considerations
Sunlight:
Lifecycle: annual
Special characteristics:
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full sun
Tropical perennial (hardy in Zone 8)
grown as an annual.
Soil conditions:
Ease-of-care: moderately difficult
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non-aggressive
non-invasive
not native to North America Product of horticultural
selection. Parents native to
requires well-drained soil
Height: 3 to 8 feet
tropical areas of Asia and the
Americas.
Prefer fertile, moist but well-drained
soil.
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Some dwarfs grow just 2 feet tall.
Spread: 1.5 to 2.5 feet
Bloom time:
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mid-summer
late summer
early fall
Flower color:
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red
orange
yellow
pink
Foliage color:
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light green
medium green
dark green
purple
gray-green
blue-green
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variegated
Leaves may be any shade of green,
or flushed with purple, bronze or
brown, or striped and marked with
yellow, cream, orange or red.
Foliage texture: coarse
Leaves are large and bold.
Shape: upright
Shape in flower: flower stalks with
upright spikes
Blooms borne in a raceme at the top
of the plant stem.
Growing Information
How to plant:
Propagate by division or separation - Divide the rhizomes when planting after danger of
frost has passed in spring. Each segment should have a strong, healthy "eye."
For earlier flowering, plant the rhizomes indoors in trays of peat moss in early spring.
When the plants sprout, move them to individual pots, keeping them indoors in full sun
until all frost danger has passed. Plant them out in the garden where desired.
Maintenance and care:
Keep watered but not soggy. Plants fo not usually require staking. Keep deadheaded for
best blooms. Cut the plants back after the first large fall frost, dig them, and bring them
indoors. Store them with their soil in a well-ventilated area for the winter. In dry storage,
place the soil covered rhizomes in peat moss for overwintering.
More growing information: How to Grow Annuals
More growing information: How to Grow Bulbs
Pests:
Slugs and snails
Spider mites
Diseases:
Rust
Fungal leaf spot
Bacterial blight
Bean yellow mosaic virus
Tomato spotted wilt virus
Varieties
'Assault': 6' tall plants with purple-flushed leaves and bright orange-red blooms.
'Black Knight': 6' tall plants with bronze foliage and deep-red, almost black blooms.
'Durban': 4 to 5' tall plants with vivid red-orange blooms and bronze leaves striped with
yellow, red and orange.
'Endeavor': 5 to 7' tall plants with blue-tinted leaves and bright red blooms.
'Grand Opera Series': 5 to 6' tall plants with peach, pink or rose blooms.
'King Humbert': 7 to 8' tall plants with purple/bronze flushed leaves and bright red
blooms. Syn. Canna 'Roi Humbert', Canna 'Red King Humbert'.
'King Midas': 5' tall plants with deep-green leaves and orange-flushed golden blooms.
'Pfitzer's Chinese Coral': 3' tall plants with coral blooms and gray-green leaves.
'President': 4' tall plants with bright red blooms and blue-green foliage.
'Pretoria': 6' tall plants with orange blooms and showy cream-striped green leaves.
'Rosemond Coles': 5' tall plants with yellow-margined bright red blooms with yellow throat
markings.
'Striata': 5' tall plants with orange blooms and yellow-veined yellow-green foliage on red
stems.
'Stuttgart': 5 to 7' tall plants with deep green, gray-green and cream-marked or creamstriped green leaves. The blooms have green-striped pink sepals and orange-yellow petals
flushed with reddish orange.
'Tropical Rose': 2' tall plants with rosy pink blooms.
'TyTy Red': 6' tall plants with orange-red blooms and bronze-purple tinted foliage.
'Wyoming': 6' tall plants with ruffled, peach-feathered orange blooms with reddish orange
margins. The foliage is purple-brown.
'Yellow King Humbert': 3 to 4' tall plants with bright yellow blooms spotted with red.
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