Cannas Australia Heritage and Hybrid Garden Plants

Growing these tropical plants I really enjoy as they just flower for so long here in Victoria, my canna collection has grown and includes old heritage and hybrid canna plants such as the old Yellow King Humbert Cannas to some new garden plants like Canna Vestarae.

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Cannas are sometimes called canna bulbs learn about what cannas really are and how much cannas increase and propagate

One of the oldest cannas was raised in 1848 it is called Annei this was the first canna to be hybridized, Annei is a hybrid from the species Glauca and I’m glad to have them both growing in my garden.

Often these summer flowering plants are found for sale under the name cannas x generalis.

Sometimes they are also called canna lilies, these heritage plants can still be found growing in old gardens, some are also suitable as pond plants, yet these exotic plants also take the dry and are tough water wise plants and have stood the test of time here in Victoria and abroad. As tough as these plants are they dont flower in winter.

Canna plants are long time growing perennials that flower throughout the year in areas that dont get frost damage in winter.

A selection of quality plants pictured on Cannas Australia are available for sale as bare rooted divisions.

Plants for sale to Australian residents only and postage is to all states of Australia.

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These are some of my picture scans from old vintage gardening catalogues and magazine that I've collected over the years, the old canna flowers are colored so beautiful.



Species such as canna Warscewiczii and Iridiflora are a few of the original old types.

Here is a scanned picture I brought of a hand finished litho of species Liliiflora it was published around the 1860s.

When growing cannas you too will find they have beautiful flowers and foliage and they come in a wide range of colors including green, purple toned, bronzed and some have variegated foliage.







They really do offer something for everyone’s palette as there are many types to choose from. These are easy to grow perennial plants learn about planting them so you can enjoy the colors of some canna flowers in your garden.