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Description
Yellow Canna Lily is a compact basal-clumping herbaceous perennial with dramatically large blue-green foliage. The sunny yellow flowers bloom on tall stalks from midsummer until frost which attracts bees and butterflies. Blooms best in full sun and moist soil. Deer Resistant.
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Origins: |
Sub to Tropic Americas and India |
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Height: |
3’ - 4’ |
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Spread: |
1.5’ - 2’ |
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Spacing: |
1’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
8 - 11 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Yellow |
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Season of Interest: |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium maintenance. May experience root rot in poorly drained wet soils. Watch for aster yellows. Japanese beetles, caterpillars, slugs and snails may chew on the foliage. Cut entire flowering stems after bloom. Cut to the ground after the first frost and lift rhizome clumps for winter storage.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Torch Lily, Plumbago, Coneflower
IMAGES: Silk Knoll, Cannova Yellow 1, (2) Photo set by cultivar413, (1) 160725 344 Chi Bot Gdn Lake Cook Entrance, (2) 160725 342 Chi Bot Gdn Lake Cook Entrance
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
