NAME:  Orange Canna Lily

OTHER COMMON NAMES:  Indian Shot / African Arrowroot / Purple Arrowroot / Sierra Leone Arrowroot

SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Canna Indica

COLOR:  Orange

PLANT SEEDS:  Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost

BLOOM TIME:  Summer

HARDINESS ZONE:  7 - 11

PLANT HEIGHT:  4 - 6'

PLANT SPACING:  9 - 12"

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:  Sun

SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES:  Average - Moist

QUANTITY:  10 Seeds

OTHER:  Cannas are very easy to grow, & offer both very attractive foliage and flowers. They will give you an excellent tropical effect, and the large slender blooms are a magnet for HUMMINGBIRDS and butterflies. Cannas are native to the tropics and subtropics, but if you live in an area with cold winter temperatures, you can simply lift and store their tubers to enjoy them again next season. The plants I started from seeds have made nice house plants (they look great in containers!) and they will flower the first year if placed outdoors. These plants divide very well. I planted 5 bulbs the year before and dug up 12 in the fall. This year I had over 25. The seeds are said to live for over 600 years without losing their ability to sprout, even after going through wildfires. Cannas are an all around winner!