Canna x generalis 'Black Knight' ~ Black Knight Canna Lily

Canna x generalis 'Black Knight' ~ Black Knight Canna LilyBlack Knight Canna Lily is a fast growing herbaceous perennial with a basal clumping habit and dramatically large bronzed foliage. The orange red to red flowers bloom on tall stalks throughout summer until frost which attracts bees and butterflies. Blooms best in full sun and rich, moist well drained soils. Deer Resistant. Type: Perennial Origins: Sub to Tropic Americas and India Height: 4 6 Spread: 1 2 Spacing: 1. 5 USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 11 Culture:

Black Knight Canna Lily is a fast-growing herbaceous perennial with a basal-clumping habit and dramatically large bronzed foliage.  The orange-red to red flowers bloom on tall stalks throughout summer until frost which attracts bees and butterflies.  Blooms best in full sun and rich, moist well-drained soils.  Deer Resistant.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium maintenance.  May experience root rot in poorly drained wet soils.  Watch for aster yellows. Japanese beetles, caterpillars, slugs and snails may chew on the foliage. Cut entire flowering stems after bloom.  Cut to the ground after the first frost and lift rhizome clumps for winter storage.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Plumbago, Lily of the Nile, Montbretia

IMAGE: Cultivar 413 [1], Colocasia esculenta MilleniumPark01, CC BY 2.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.