With a bit more effort and close monitoring of your plant's needs and health, you can easily grow hostas in containers instead of your garden beds.

SHREVEPORT, La. - When canna lilies begin blooming in late spring, they can become the star of your garden. Some grow as tall as 6 feet, and their bright-colored blooms are eye-catching. You can find ...

Colorful and exotic, cannas bring a tropical note into a garden, either as a back-up for other plants or as a solo act. I'm anticipating the bright yellow blooms of giant "King Humbert" cannas in my ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wait until the danger of frost has passed to plant cannas in a full sun to partially shaded locations. Plant the canna rhizomes horizontally two to three inches deep with the growing point facing up.

Tropical plants have been changing the palette and character of summer gardens in every climate lately. Lush, leafy canna lilies are leading the charge. "They grow fast, and they have great foliage ...