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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Garden centres are backing one compact canna lily as the easiest way to add instant drama this year. Planted now, it can ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...