Canna Lily (Canna indica) in the Cannas Database

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 12
Plant Height:	3-5 feet
Leaves:	Other: Frost tender
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Orange Red Yellow
Flower Time:	Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall
Underground structures:	Rhizome
Edible Parts:	Roots
Wildlife Attractant:	Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds:	Scarify seeds: Soak for 24-48 hours then nick to open outer coat
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Root Division Offsets
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years Needs excellent drainage in pots

Common names

Canna Lily
Indian Shot
Canna
Imbiri-de-Flor
Queensland Arrowroot

Botanical names

Accepted: Canna indica
Synonym: Canna discolor
Synonym: Canna altensteinii
Synonym: Canna compacta
Synonym: Canna lanuginosa
Synonym: Canna patens
Synonym: Canna speciosa
Synonym: Canna indica var. maculata
Synonym: Canna limbata
Synonym: Canna lambertii
Synonym: Canna aurantiaca
Synonym: Canna edulis
Synonym: Canna brasiliensis
Synonym: Canna esculenta
Synonym: Canna warszewiczii
Synonym: Canna coccinea
Synonym: Canna orientalis

Photo Gallery

Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden)
Date: June 5, 2023
Canna lily # 236 nn; RAB p 316, 42-1-1. LHB page 290, 40-1-6, " L

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Date: c. 1807
illustration from Moriarty's 'Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants',

Uploaded by scvirginia

Location: Cary, North Carolina private garden
Date: 5/15/23 Canna blooms in my gardens

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Uploaded by TexasPlumeria87

Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-08-03
Summer 2020

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Uploaded by BeKind

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Location: Along the road side, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-16

Uploaded by bonitin

Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2018-05-10

Uploaded by carolem

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14

Uploaded by kniphofia

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Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Location: Blondmyk's Backyard, Corpus Christi, TX
Date: 2012-10-10
Interesting shot of Canna Indica seed pod just beginning to open

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Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28

Uploaded by sedumzz

Date: 2013-09-09
The blue circles are where stems can grow.

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Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2018-07-17

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Location: Along the road side, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-17

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Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden)
Date: August 5, 2023
Canna lily #53 nn; RAB p 316, 42-1-1. LHB page 290, 40-1-1, " Lat

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Uploaded by JayZeke

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Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2016-05-15
Grown from seed and started last winter.

Uploaded by TexasPlumeria87

Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-08-22

Uploaded by bonitin

Location: Blondmyk's Backyard, Corpus Christi, TX
Date: 2012-10-10
Another example of Canna Indica in flower with developing seed po

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Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2017-01-12
Jan. bloom

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Location: Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2018-05-10

Uploaded by carolem

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2008-09-20
The seeds are large, the pods are interesting!

Uploaded by JRsbugs

Location: My house
Date: 2017-01-21
I am growing these from seed

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Uploaded by kniphofia

Location: NE., Fl.
Date: 2013-10-21
C. indica A variety called 'Sunset'

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Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Uploaded by JayZeke

Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2021-10-10

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Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi

Uploaded by Joy

Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-10-11
Took 5 days to germinate

Uploaded by TexasPlumeria87

Location: Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens, Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2013-03-01

Uploaded by plantladylin

Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-07-29
These are my seedlings from couple years, Spring 2020

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Uploaded by TexasPlumeria87

Location: Elkhart
Date: 2019-10-26
GERMINATION start date: 05/2019 SPROUT dates: 09/2019 : 10/2019

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10

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Location: Along the road side, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-15

Uploaded by bonitin

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Location: Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-13

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Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2010-07-19
I keep it in a pot, in the UK it struggles with our cold climate,

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Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2008-09-20
It grows tall, I grew it from seed but it eventually succumbed to

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Uploaded by piksihk

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-11-02

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Location: Palm Harbor, Florida
Date: 2013-05-31

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Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2017-12-09
growing wild

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Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-08-08

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Location: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-15

Uploaded by bonitin

Location: Along the road side, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-12

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Location: Along the road side, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-12
Flower and young interesting forming seed pods

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Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2008-09-20
It makes seed readily, this is a species.

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Comments:

Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on Mar 13, 2015 1:52 AM concerning plant:

This is a species canna, so it can be grown from seed.

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Plant Events from our members
piksihk	On July 29, 2018	Bloomed peachy color one under back pecan tree; from trade
piksihk	On February 27, 2017	Bloomed Pruned down leaves that got zapped by cold last month; new green leaves and blooms this week
piksihk	On May 10, 2016	Transplanted HW round bed
Blondmyk	On October 7, 2014	Miscellaneous Event I noticed that the seed pods have developed! While I'm unsure of what I will get, it should be interesting to see if the cross pollination took, or if another Indica flower pollinated the flower as well as what I did. There are a lot of blooms out there right now, and a total of 7 seed sacks growing, all still very green.
Blondmyk	On September 29, 2014	Miscellaneous Event First new flowers have appeared since the transplant. I also had Cannus Cleopatra blooming, so I took the opportunity to attempt a cross pollination. I have marked the pollinated bloom on Cannus Indica by using a twisty tie. Hopefully I'll get seeds.
Blondmyk	On September 12, 2014	Miscellaneous Event Transplanted approximately 10 new plants into the bed of Canna Indica I have currently planted in the Backyard attained from Apt 5's front yard from under their A/C. Plants seem to have taken the transplant well.
skylark	On December 1, 2022	Plant emerged New shoots started
skylark	On November 1, 2022	Maintenance performed Cut down old stalks: 2 pots remain.
skylark	On October 12, 2022	Maintenance performed cleaned rhizome for next season in 1 pot, 2 still growing
skylark	On November 1, 2021	Miscellaneous Event cut down main stems to grow new stems
skylark	On January 15, 2021	Seeds germinated 1 year old seeds
WebTucker	On June 5, 2023	Bloomed

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