A rare plant and one of the very few cannas which is both attractive and can be easily grown from seed. An almost endless procession of delicate red-tipped yellow flowers is produced, each of which forms a most intriguing inflated seed pod. This grows numerous hairy appendages which finally fall off to signify that the large, rock-hard, black seeds are ripe. ... Learn More

Once in flower in the summer, this compact variety, will keep producing deep orange blooms, which are flashed with yellow, right through until the end of October. Preferring full sun, it is great front of borders, and alternatively grows very well in pots and containers, some variation from seed may occur. ... Learn More

This native of the Caribbean and tropical Americas has attractive, bright scarlet flowers on stout stems above broad, handsome leaves. The seeds are small, globular, black pellets, hard and heavy enough to sink in water, and which resemble shotgun pellets giving rise to the plant's common name of Indian Shot. They are reputedly hard enough to shoot through wood and still survive and later germinate and according to the BBC, during the Indian Mutiny of the 19th century soldiers used these seeds when they ran out of bullets. Although not carrying the largest flowers of this group, this one is probably the hardiest and able to get through the average English winter. ... Learn More

This medium-sized canna lily has lush, rubbery, dark green foliage, which contrasts beautifully with bright yellow flowers which are occasionally speckled orange near the centre. It is well-suited to growing in the garden, where it will survive all but the hardest winters. In these cases deep mulching protects the solid tubers. It makes a stunning specimen, either in a sunny sheltered spot in the garden, or in a pot when it will grow until the pot is filled with tubers! Either as a feature in its own right, or planted with other exotic perennials it makes an exotic statement! Seeds were collected from Canna 'Tropical Yellow' and some may occasionally, vary but all will be superb. ... Learn More

Almost certainly the largest and most impressive of the canna family, this absolutely spectacular plant produces dazzling heads of large orange, or sometimes reddish-pink flowers, rising above very large bright green leaves. It is easy to grow from seed, and, like most Cannas, if sown early and given generous treatment, it can flower the first year, when it will make an imposing focal point and give any patio, or very large pot a taste of the tropics. In colder regions the rhizomes should be protected if left in the ground, or dug up and stored over winter. Native to southern Belize and other parts of Central America, this ornamental giant is a truly stunning plant. ... Learn More