Orange Punch Canna Lily is a self-cleaning herbaceous perennial with a basal-clumping habit and dramatically large light green foliage. The tangerine-orange flowers with a yellow throat bloom on stalks in summer which attracts bees and butterflies. Blooms best in full sun and rich, moist well-draining soils. Deer Resistant.
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Origins: |
Sub to Tropic Americas and India |
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Height: |
3’ - 4’ |
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Spread: |
1’ - 2’ |
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Spacing: |
2’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
8 - 11 |
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Bloom Color: |
Orange |
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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.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Montbretia, Coneflower, Torch Lily
IMAGES: Photo set by cultivar413, (1) 190907 184 Millennium Park Chicago, (2) 190907 181 Millennium Park Chicago, (3) Chicago Botanic Gdn, Visitor Center 180723 387 , (4) cultivar413 from Fallbrook, California, 190909 094 Chicago Botanic Gdn - Circle Garden, Celosia 'Twisted Dark Orange', Canna 'Orange Punch', Bidens ferulifolia 'Bee Alive', Tecoma stans 'Sangria' (48861118858), CC BY 2.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
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