General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 3 to 4 feet
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Guardian plant
Vegetable
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Canna
  • Canna Lily
Also sold as:
  • King Midas
  • Yellow Humbert (misapplied)

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Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-02-15

Date: 2015-05-23
Location: Lowndesboro AL
Date: 2003-07-20
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-07-19
Location: Orlando Florida
Date: 2011-04-29
Canna 'Richard Wallace'

Date: 2012-07-13
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2011-08-07
Flower faded to almost white. Very delicate looking.
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2011-08-03
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2007-03-08

Date: 2012-07-13

Date: 2012-07-13

Date: 2015-05-23
Location: my garden 
Date: 2013-06-02
Comments:
  • Posted by mjsponies (Central Florida) on May 1, 2015 5:49 AM concerning plant:
    This is one of my favorite Cannas. It seems to be resistant to most of the things that I hate about Cannas. Doesn't seem to get bothered by leaf rollers like many of the others, doesn't get rust blooms if we've been getting rain, or not, and it's in a area of the yard that isn't easy to water when we don't get rain.
    I've got it in a part-shade, part-sun spot, I never fertilize it, although the soil there is generally pretty good anyway, and it's a happy camper. And if it gets a little too happy, we just mow it down. Every couple of years I dig up rhizomes to thin the bed out.
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