How To Grow Canna Lily | Complete Care Guide

Growing canna lily can be a fairly easy if you follow a few rules for keeping your cannas healthy, disease and insect free. Follow along for how to advice on planting, seed harvesting, potting medium, light and soil needs and much more.

Canna grow at an incredible rate and come in a variety of colors and sizes. Whether your gardening on a balcony or in a large open area Cannas can be the centerpiece of any garden.

Canna 'Tropicanna' (Canna 'Phasion')
Best Zones: 7-11
Features: Striking foliage with a mix of orange, yellow, and red stripes. Bright orange flowers.
Notes: While it can grow in zone 7, it requires protection during the winter months.

Canna 'The President'
Best Zones: 7-10
Features: Brilliant red flowers with lush green foliage.
Notes: This variety is relatively hardy but might need to be lifted in the colder parts of zone 7 for winter.

Canna 'Pretoria' (Canna 'Bengal Tiger')
Best Zones: 7-11
Features: Variegated green and yellow striped leaves with orange flowers.
Notes: Needs some winter protection in zone 7, and possibly in zone 8 during harsh conditions.

Canna 'Black Knight'
Best Zones: 7-11
Features: Dark foliage that's nearly black, with bright red flowers.
Notes: It's fairly resilient but should be mulched in winter in zones 7 and 8.

Canna 'Lucifer'
Best Zones: 6-10 (with protection in zone 6)
Features: Red flowers with a yellow edge, and green foliage.
Notes: This plant can survive in zone 6 with heavy mulching and winter protection (like lifting the rhizomes for the winter).

Canna 'Pink Sunburst'
Best Zones: 7-11
Features: Pink flowers with variegated foliage.
Notes: More sensitive to cold, so in zone 7 and the colder parts of zone 8, lifting in winter is recommended.

Canna 'Durban' (Canna 'Tropicanna Gold')
Best Zones: 7-11
Features: Multicolored foliage in shades of red, pink, green, and yellow with orange-yellow flowers.
Notes: Requires winter care in zones 7 and 8, similar to other cannas.

Canna 'Australia'
Best Zones: 7-11
Features: Deep red, almost black foliage with red flowers.
Notes: Hardy, but like others, it benefits from winter mulching or lifting in the colder zones.

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[hellogoodbye]

Thank you for this video! I’ve watched many canna videos and not one has been as informative as yours! You’ve answered all of my questions and more

[JoanieAnderson-zu]

Outstanding video/presentation, full of excellent information! Thank you!
Keep up the good work!!
Best, most informative video,
I have ever taken the time to watch, start to finish!!👍🏼👏🏼

[vicmurai]

This is one of the best video tutorials that I have watched on You Tube on growing & caring of plants. Your explanation in simple comprehensible terms has aided me so much in how to grow Canna Lillies. Thank You.

[ThePegasus]

brilliant..i bought a few canas this summer they are beautifull..more next year

[lauraknight]

Thank you so much for this! We bought cannas and had no idea what we were doing, now we have no idea what to do with them in the winter (zone 7).

[michelbartolini]

I am so happy to have found your website. I love my Cannalilly’s so much and every time I try and find information on the best soil or fertilizer or anything. I find limited basic information. Your information is so thorough and so informative Thank you so much.

[WilliamODriscoll-ou]

Great video on growing these beatuiful plants. I have a question. This year one of my varieties, I'm not exactly sure the specific name, it has vibrant green leaves and bright yellow flowers, didn't flower at all. The plants are about 3 1/2' - 4' tall, in a mixed planter. Have had them in the same planter for a year or two but now seem to be sterile. Any suggestions what could be wrong or offer a possible solution? The other plants I added this year are all doing well. Appreciate any input. Thanks

[vicmurai]

Will a solution of Neem Oil prevent insect attacks & leaf yellowing on Cannas?

[terryulmer]

Excellent video! ❤ Very informative. 👏 👌 Thank you so much!😊
May you walk in beauty! ❤ 🌄

[marywinslett]

I have a Mango canna and it is so beautiful….before the tiny green grasshoppers started devouring the blooms. 😢. I have used Neem and it doesn’t seem to help. I think it’s time to cover it with a mesh cloth to protect the blooms. My canna is in a large planter and thriving except for the grasshoppers eating the blooms 😢

[firsttimemommy]

I tried growing these from root, but I haven’t seen anything pop up! :(

[wacoharder]

How come my cannas aren’t producing seeds?

[TimurDavletshin]

Cannas flopping over? Most likely your soil is too loose. My cannas grow perfectly well in unammended black soil and never flop over. In my earlier years I tried growing cannas in pots in peat based soil bought in local garden center. It was not a good experience. Now even for potted specimens I use 50-50 mixture of black soil and peat. Regarding pH: cannas are very adaptable, it's not rhododendrons or heathers.

[valerielockhart]

I live in in UK. North of England, have grown my Cannas which I bought from a programme on tv which sells plant, I now have 2 quite large they did start out in pots but got too large, they've grow well and flowered which iv just cut the of now as getting the first frosts also got Ginger lilys, only small garden but I want them to grow big, also growing Calla lilies but not flowered as yet but it's been 3years but still growing new leads. I will be 87 at Christmas live on my own and manage my plants, also grow a Begonnia Sutherlandii, have collected lots of cormlets, they really to put in a hanging basket, had 15 growing this year and now collecting the as I said cormlets, it's a plant that you cannot buy only specialised growers and even then they dont always have success. ValerieLockhart .