| Description | Canna Tropical Sunrise has pink to apricot salmon colored flowers. In zone #5 grown as a tender perennial. |
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| Pronunciation | (KAN-uh) |
| Plant Type | Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc., Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | (7b)8-10 |
| Sunlight | full, at least 1/2 day |
| Moisture | I have seen Canna growing in water. In dry periods I give them "survival" water and they have prospered. Average to moist would be a good starting point. |
| Soil & Site | average to moist, organic |
| Growing Media | Tops will die at the first good frost. The rhizomes will tolerate light frosts but should be dug before the frost penetrates the ground and turns the rhizomes to mush. |
| Temperature | tops will be killed with the first heavy frost but not the rhizomes |
| Flowers | pink to apricot salmon |
| Fruit | warty capsule, round hard seeds |
| Leaves | green |
| Stems | stout stem, usually finite (reaches a certain height), underground rhizomes |
| Dimensions | 5 plus feet tall |
| Maintenance | The tubers should be lifted after the frost has killed the top. They should be cleaned and stored dry and cool. I like to store the clump whole and than divide in the spring. Check occasionally to see if the tubers are shriveling. Depending on your storage area they my need to be moisten. |
| Propagation | division of the rhizome, seeds must be scarified (scratched) and soaked in water, cultivars probably will not come true from seed |
| Native Site | Species Canna are native to the tropical areas of South America. |
| Notes & Reference | #162-The Gardeners Guide to Growing Cannas (Ian Cooke) |
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