Cannas flowers, sometimes called canna lilies, are semi-tropical plants that grow from rhizomes. Gardeners love the bold ...

Heat wave zapped your garden? Freshen it and boost the tropical flair with a large pot or two of these summer subjects: Banana Bananas' leafy presence and flower spikes with large, colored bracts ...

Canna lilies add a tropical flair with bananalike, brightly colored leaves and showy flowers that match the flair of tropical ginger. Heat is a Canna lily's best friend ...

The “Tropical” series that grows only 2 to 3 feet tall, or the Seven Dwarf series, can be started from seed. If you decide to do this, you must first scratch the seed and soak for 48 hours ...

Cannas add tropical garden color, ... and that's where canna lily plants come in. ... pink, yellow, cream, and any combination of these. You won't find any that are blue, purple or true white.

Buying canna tubers at $4 apiece and then letting them die in winter is no different than Floridians shelling out that same amount (or more!) for a pot of fuchsia, only to have it melt in our summers.

In a recent column, I mentioned cannas as one of summer's popular - and dramatic - flowers. A caller wanted to know if cannas can be started from seed. Most gardeners prefer to purchase or cage a ...

THE recent vogue for making tropical borders has catapulted the canna lily to much- increased popularity. While it had been grown in gardens for many years, it was not at all well known. But that ...