Yellow cannas are a native plant here in Northcentral Florida, zone 8b. About two years ago we had a huge fire in the nearby Mallory Swa...Read Moremp that destroyed many hundreds of acres of logged over cypress swamp that was mostly planted in pine. After this huge fire, which almost burned across several small towns to the Gulf of Mexico, the State of Florida took over the burned out area and is now trying to restore it to a cypress swamp and nature preserve. The Suwannee Audubon group recently took a trip to see how the swamp was progressing and reported acres of yellow cannas growing in the burned over swamp. Apparently the seed can live for over 600 years and is activated by fire! Very strange for a swamp plant. But it's not surprising cannas can handle lots of water, given their origin.
I found this canna in a vacant lot with a lot of discarded plants from gardens nearby. I knew it was going to be a good performer by how...Read More well it was doing with neglect. I am relying on the picture by Abutilon for my identification of my plant (photo uploaded as well).
It is 6 feet tall in my garden, in soggy saturated mucky sands in a poorly drained swale, having had its feet wet almost constantly for over two months with 25 inches of rain, and it still is flowering!
Yellow cannas are a native plant here in Northcentral Florida, zone 8b. About two years ago we had a huge fire in the nearby Mallory Swa...Read More
I found this canna in a vacant lot with a lot of discarded plants from gardens nearby. I knew it was going to be a good performer by how...Read More
Excellent lovely very showy heirloom canna. Strong grower.
Taller medium height,