golden canna
Canna flaccida
USDA zones8 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size3 to 6 feet tall3 to 4 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Apple green.
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Golden canna (Canna flaccida) is a perennial for pollinator gardens and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 8, or down to 10°F (-12°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Its showy yellow flowers have faint speckles, and skipper caterpillars use it as a host plant. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. A frost or freeze cuts the plant back to the roots.
Pairs well with Pickerel weed, Southern blue flag, and Lamp rush.
Native range
AL, FL, GA, LA, and 3 more places. See all 7
AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC, and TX.