Canna generalis Cleopatra Polianthes to only 18" tall

to only 18" tall

especially where large masses of weed-excluding masses are desired

as well as during fairly extended droughts

The health of the plant will not be compromised if it is not cleaned up but one will be viewing the current year's flowers amongst last year's dead flower stalks

This is one of the best of the recent hosta introductions and one that seems to be finding its way into most home gardens

Canna generalis Cleopatra Polianthes to only 18" tallWe couldn't believe our eyes when they fell upon this canna at the Kunming Botanic Garden in China in 1996. Large purple blotches wove their way through the green leaves and into the flower stalks. If the flowers form on the purple leaf side, they are red and from the green side of the leaf, they are yellow sometimes from both you get the picture. This unstable and highly variable chimera turned out to be an old but hard to find cultivar called Canna