I consider myself an equal-opportunity gardener in the sense that I like to grow a variety of different plants in my garden and home landscape. Like most gardeners, I appreciate the ecological value ...

CLEMSON — Cannas are easy to care for plants that can add much to the landscape. "Cannas were originally grown for their foliage," Chuck Burgess, information specialist, Clemson Extension Home and ...

Cannas are tropical and subtropical perennials with showy flowers and large green, bronze, burgundy and multicolored banana-shaped leaves. Flowers are large with recurved, multilayered petals of ...

Canna lilies, more commonly known as simply cannas, provide a lot of bang for the buck in any flower garden. Some varieties are grown for their flowers, others for their showy foliage. The main ...

Many longtime gardeners consider canna lilies the workhorse of the flower garden. That’s because they are available in such a wide range of flower colors, sizes and foliage color. Canna lilies — or ...

After our long colorless winter, many gardeners are dreaming of creating a lush, colorful garden in their backyard. With their large banana-like leaves and tall spikes of brilliant flowers, Canna ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Compared to canna lilies and tender salvias, false indigo (Baptisia spp.) is a relatively hardy plant, but it still grows better ...

Emma Fell said these would give colour right through the summer ...

Garden centres are backing one compact canna lily as the easiest way to add instant drama this year. Planted now, it can ...