The best white and yellow canna lilies

Those of you who prefer your canna Lilies on the light side, below is a list of the best yellow and white cultivars.

canna ‘Ambassador’: We have been looking for a good white canna for a long time and we have finally found it. Although we haven’t yet traced the history behind this South African import, what we can tell you is that the clumps are topped with stunning large creamy white flowers all summer long. We have planted two masses of these in our new border to a tune of oohs and aahs! (Sun, Zone 7-10, Height 60″)

canna ‘Cleopatra’: I couldn’t believe my eyes when they fell on this canna at the Kunming Botanical Garden in China. Large purple spots made their way across the green leaves and onto the flower stems. If the flowers came from the purple side, they were red… from the green side of the leaf, they were yellow… sometimes from both… .you get the picture. This highly variable and unstable chimera is actually an ancient but hard-to-find cultivar called canna ‘Cleopatra’. We think it’s time to reintroduce this fascinating attention-grabber. Remove all solid green shoots to maintain the pattern. (Sun to Part Sun, Zone 7b-10, Ht 50″)

canna ‘Ermine’ – This Curt Wallace hybrid is still regarded as the closest to white (as judged by a team of color blind nurserymen) that is available in the canna family. white flowers, flushed with pale yellow towards the center.canna ‘Ermine’ will enable designers to create exciting and distinctive new color combinations in the summer garden. (Sun, Zone 7b-10, Height 36″)

canna ‘Florence Vaughan’: They say that everything old is new again and nothing could be truer with canna lilies. canna ‘Florence Vaughan’ was introduced by the famous Vaughan’s Seed Company (now Syngenta) of Chicago in 1893, and like the Cubs, it still has a loyal following. Unlike the Cubs, canna ‘Florence Vaughan’ is consistently good. This vigorous canna forms an impressive 6′ tall bush, crowned all summer with large, bright yellow flowers highlighted with spectacular orange-red speckling. (Sun, Zone 7-10, Height 72″)

canna frozen: (Glaucous Leaf Canna): Here’s a canna for people who don’t like cannas…and for those who do! From Bellevue Border boys Glenn and Charles, by way of Pam Harper’s garden, comes this species of canna with glaucus narrow gray-green leaves. , which are covered all summer with beautiful buttery yellow flowers…not quite as abrasive as some of the large-flowered hybrids, but quite beautiful. (Sun to Part Sun, Ht 72″)

canna ‘Kansas City’ – This unusual canna joins the growing line of variegated-foliage cannas. From our plant nut friend, Jim Waddick, comes this sport discovered in Kansas City, MO. Foliage has irregular sectoral patterns 1″ wide, alternating green and chartreuse. In late summer, the clumps are crowned with large, bright butter-yellow flowers. Visitors have sought them out for years…a true collector’s item .(Sun, Zone 7-10, Ht 48″)

canna ‘Milk Festival’: Cream colored flowers with narrow petals on a short to medium sized plant. This cultivar can also be grown as an aquatic.

canna ‘Minerva’: (aliases: canna Gold ‘Nirvana’ canna ‘Striped Beauty’): This old hybrid is still one of the most popular of the variegated cannas today.canna ‘Minerva’ makes a 5′ tall stem with glossy white and green striped leaves. This vigorously multiplying canna is topped with unique red buds that open into large, butter-yellow flowers…produced all summer long! canna ‘Minerva’ feeds well and stays moist, in fact it makes a fantastic garden plant. (Sun, Zone 7-10, Height 60″)

canna ‘Nuance’ From Californian Andrew Denman comes this hybrid of canna glaucous ‘Panache’ forms a fast growing 7′ tall clump of stiffly erect glaucous green foliage, topped all summer with spikes of small bicolor flowers. The tips of the upper petals are brilliant gold (RHS 14A), while the lower petal and flower base are a vividly contrasting orange-red (RHS 42A). (Sun, Zone 7-10, Alt. 84″)

canna patent: Considered as a synonym of canna-indica by Maas but a separate species by Tanacka. It is small in size with ovoid green foliage, spreading habit and triangular stems. The flower spikes are upright, yellow with a wide red margin. Its staminodes are long and narrow, regular edges, yellow petals, partial self-cleaning. It is fertile both ways, self-pollinating and also true to type. Tillering is prolific.

canna ‘Rosalinda’ – Large, pale yellow flowers with light red centers radiating outward. Very striking. Short to medium height.

Light up your garden with these lights. canna colors today.