Description
Most Popluar Canna / Exotic tropical foliage and color / Attracts hummingbirds Easy to grow and low maintenance / Full sun to partial shade / Blooms all summer Grows 48-60″ tall / Plant 12-18″ apart, 2-4″ deep Hardy in USDA zones 8-11 48 contiguous US states, plus the District of Columbia As flamboyant as their tropical American ancestry, cannas are among the most colorful summer bulbs with ruffled spikes tapering to refined buds boasting immense, paddle shaped leaves. Their great reedy canes and palmy foliage make for large magnificent plants even if they never bloomed. They, however, yield blooms all summer long for long lasting curb appeal and appear most dramatic when grouped in numbers. They are deer resistant and are fast growers with large flowers. Canna The President, a favorite that everyone knows and loves for its tall stature, dark green foliage, and bold flamboyantly colored scarlet flowers. Where not hardy plant outdoors in early summer, couple inches deep setting the rhizome in the hole, ‘eyes’ (shoots) up. Cannas do best with a good supply of water. As flowers fade, deadhead to promote continued flowering. They like moist conditions.
- Great reedy canes and palmy foliage make for large magnificent plants even if they never bloomed
- Easy to grow and low maintenance
- Yields blooms all summer long for long lasting curb appeal
- Attracts hummingbirds
- Sizzling scarlet-red flowers, a top deep green contrasting foliage
- Bulb size 2/5 eye
- As flowers fade, deadhead to promote continued flowering, they like moist conditions
- Exotic tropical foliage and color
