Bronze Orange Canna Lily is a fast-growing herbaceous perennial with a basal-clumping habit and dramatically large deep bronzed foliage.  The rich orange flowers bloom on tall stalks through summer into fall which attracts bees and butterflies.  Blooms best in full sun and rich, moist well-drained soils.  Deer Resistant.

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:  Plumbago, Lily of the Nile, Montbretia

IMAGES: Auckland Museum, Canna (AM AK299423-2), CC BY 4.0, (2) Auckland Museum, Canna (AM AK299423-3), CC BY 4.0, (3) jimsohn1, River Farm Early Fall 2010 (5105611522), CC BY 2.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.