Cannas or canna lilies are big, bold plants that make a tremendous impact in the garden, both with their large leaves first and then their fiery-coloured flowers. They have become much more widely ...

Q Last year, I planted a canna lily in a 14in cube pot, which grew to about 4ft with huge leaves and a few flowers. I cut it right down and overwintered it in the greenhouse. But this year it only ...

Canna is a tender tropical plant and can only be planted out in the garden after the danger of frost has passed, about mid-May in the south and near the coast, about two weeks later in the cooler ...

I typically start my canna lilies in pots in a small greenhouse in April, then in May, I put them in the ground. This year I was thinking about planting them in straight mushroom soil. Is that a good ...

Levi Strauss's tips for great cannas: •Size matters. Buy the biggest tubers you can for the best show. •Cannas love warmth with a touch of shade. Plant them in where they get long hours of sun. A ...

Gardening in North Texas means we deal with the challenges of hot weather and limited water resources. But we still love to have a bit of the tropics in our gardens, and that's where canna lily plants ...

Canna lilies aren’t really lilies. And, quite frankly, they really don’t look very lily-like at all. But that is not necessarily a bad thing, because while our regular garden lilies are spectacular, ...

You may think the tall strong canna stems are reminiscent of a ginger lily — and are often called canna lilies — but they actually do not belong to the lily family at all. Canna lilies can reach 8 to ...