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Tropicanna
Canna 'Phasion'
Tropicanna blooms from July through September.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Tropicanna
Plant it in full sun. It prefers high water. It is hardy in USDA zones 7–10. Expect it to reach about 5 ft tall and 2.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year (not yet checked).
No toxicity note is on file for Tropicanna. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What this means
Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.
When to plant Tropicanna
Tropicanna is a summer bulb planted in spring: get it in after the last frost, once the soil has warmed, March or April in zone 8, the middle of its hardy zones 7 to 10. It is hardy in zones 7 to 10, where it can stay in the ground over winter; colder than zone 7, lift and store it before the ground freezes. Expect flowers from July to September.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 8, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 8 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Tropicanna get?
5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult2.5 ftwideSee Tropicanna in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
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