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Cannaceae
Tropicanna Canna
Canna indica 'Tropicanna'
Tropical confidence.
- Family
- Cannaceae
- Genus
- Canna
- Native to
- Central America, South America, Caribbean
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 4-6 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- Rich, moist, well-drained
- Water
- high
- Hardiness
- 7-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Tropicanna cannas are prized as much for their dramatic striped foliage—purple, orange, pink, and green—as for their flowers.
- Canna seeds are so hard that they were historically used as shotgun pellets in the Caribbean.
- The starchy rhizomes of Canna indica have been cultivated as a food crop for over 4,500 years in the Andes.
- Cannas are not true lilies despite sometimes being called 'canna lilies.'
- In Victorian England, cannas were the centerpiece of elaborate 'tropical bedding' garden designs.
Color meanings
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confidence
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glory
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beauty