General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Plant Height: 3 to 4 feet
Plant Spread: 2 to 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Red and yellow
Other: Bright red with yellow edge.
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Guardian plant
Vegetable
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Canna
  • Canna Lily

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Location: Kalama, wa
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Location: Kalama, wa
Date: 2023-06-28
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Location: Kalama, wa
Date: 2023-06-27
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Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2014-06-30
Location: Lowndesboro AL
Date: 2003-02-25

Photo Courtesy of Wood-Eden Daylilies & Cannas. Used with Permiss
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Location: Portland Oregon USA
Date: 1995-09-01
Canna x generalis'Lucifer'
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Location: Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory, Baltimore, Maryland
Location: Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory, Baltimore, Maryland
Date: 2017-02-01
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