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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 6 to 12 feet (1.8-3.7m)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Guardian plant
Vegetable
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Scarify seeds: Nick the outer coat and soak seeds 3 to 4 days before sowing. Put a plastic cover over pot and keep moist until seeds sprout.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Pollinators: Birds
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Banana Canna
  • Canna
Also sold as:
  • Canna 'Musafolia'
  • Canna ''Musifolia'

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Location: San Antonio, TX
Date: Jun  6, 2005 2:58 PM
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-07-21
Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2008-08-26
Location: Central Texas
Date: 2014
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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-10-17
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-06-12
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2016-03-14

Date: 2018-07-02
Location: San Antonio, TX
Date: May 10, 2005

Date: 2018-07-02
Location: western Oregon
Date: 2016-01-02

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