Canna

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Big showy tropical plants with broad leaves and tall flowering spikes, the Canna Lily is a must-have for that exotic look in any summer garden! Tall yet space-saving, dramatic yet easy-care, these are your go-to spring-planted ornamentals for container and landscape color! Quick Facts About Canna Lily Native to the American tropics In the Ginger Family - Not true Lilies Can grow 6 feet tall and more - Many dwarf forms available! Grow from bulb-like structures called rhizomes The big petals and full flowers open on tall stems with multiple other buds, giving you a very long bloom season. The saturated color doesn’t fade in the sun and the flowers bring in bees, butterflies, and many hummingbirds galore! The pointed strappy paddle-like leaves are upright and frame the vertical stems to create a full yet slender clump that is showy and space-saving! Showing color from late spring or early summer until late summer to fall, Canna are brilliant ornamentals that are nearly plant-them-and-forget-them easy! How To Use Canna Lily In Your Garden Canna not only attract hummingbirds and pollinators, but provide long-lasting, gorgeous flowers in reds, pinks, yellows or oranges all summer long with many combinations. The broad leaves add privacy and screening plus coarse texture and color to your garden. A single clump of Canna looks fantastic in the center of a mixed planter as a thriller Raised beds full of Canna as the main feature around your poolside seating and outdoor lounge chairs These plants offer a very dramatic and magnificent effect, especially when planted in masses, as backdrops to a summer garden border, along that skinny pathway in the sun, or along your home's sundrenched foundation. Some types of Cannas grow from 4 to 6 feet tall! This gives you fantastic seasonal privacy options and annual accents to tuck into existing garden beds since they only spread about 2-3 feet wide at maturity! Adding bold pops of color and height for the summer and fall months. If you