Texas Gardening: Cannas in the landscape, 2 by vossner

vossner wrote:
I love to give them an extreme haircut (6" from the ground) in Aug/Sep as it results in beautiful plants for Thanksgiving. So, you have a spring and a fall show. I do not have a purpose for tall cannas, but if I did, my choice would be Australia as it has the most beautiful dark purple foliage.

Correction: I do have a big canna, Musafolia but it really looks more like bananas. It would be excellent as privacy hedge but in my garden I use it to contrast with shorter plants growing in that particular bed.