Canna
- Botanical Name
- Canna x generalis
- Hardiness
- Zone 9
- Height
- 1 to 5 feet
- Width
- 12 to 24 inches
- Flowers
- Summer to frost: orange, yellow, red, pink, white
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Plant 3 to 4 inches deep and 18 to 24 inches apart
- Dig up after frost, clean, cure for a few hours, pack in peat and store at 45-50 degrees
- Problems
- None serious, aster yellows, Japanese beetles
- Varieties
- The President - popular for many years, rhizome type, 3' tall with red flowers and green leaves
- Tropical Rose - seed grown, AAS, 24" tall with pink flowers
- Australia - red flowers and burgundy leaves
- Constitution - pink flowers and purple-grey leaves
- South Pacific Orange - seed grown, compact and upright branching to 24-32", orange flowers, dark green foliage, AAS Winner
- South Pacific Scarlet - sister plant to Pacific Orange - sharing the same compact, branching habit, scarlet flowers, AAS Winner
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