Strap a thong bikini on this baby, cue the sultry bossa nova stylin's of "The Girl from Ipanema," then sit back and sip your caipirinhas.
Canna lilies are a familiar cultivar in many gardens, and add a tropical flair in temperate climates. They belong to the family Cannaceae and are its sole genus. Cannas, which are not true lilies, are in the order Zingiberales which includes ginger and banana plants.
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I love cannas and glads and dahlias, but I'm too lazy to dig 'em up every fall.
In that case, just treat them as annuals!
I plant some glads every Spring for my wife but next year their usual spot will be holding some new strawberry plants.
Likewise, I plant caladium bulbs in pots and treat them as annuals. I once attempted digging and overwintering the bulbs in the basement, but this was an experiment which failed utterly. So I now fork out a bit of cash every spring for new bulbs.
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