“Canna `Tropicana’ is gaudy and flashy and all those things — and it is wonderful,” she said of the plant, whose big leaves are striped in yellows, oranges and greens.

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WHAT: Tropicana canna is one of the most exotic cannas ever introduced. Although it sports a bright orange flower, it is usually grown for its beautifully striped leaves. When back-lit by the sun ...

One of the most popular varieties is Canna Tropicanna, featuring orange flowers whose unparalleled leaves show off alternating burgundy, orange, yellow, and green stripes.

Canna “Tropicana” (aka “Phaison”). My second choice for gaudiness, this canna has foliage of purple with dramatic stripes of yellow and red evenly spaced throughout the leaf.

Easy Fill patio pots with exotic summer-flowering bulbs such as Canna Tropicana, which has dramatic orange and bronze striped foliage and orange orchid-like blooms, Eucomis, which has flowers that ...

“It doesn’t have to be just the flowers that create great combinations. The dark foliage of Canna ‘Tropicanna’ paired with hot-coloured crocosmia, for example, makes for a stunning border.” ...