Companion plants for Canna Lily
Canna Lily blooms from July through September. It wants full sun and high water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Canna Lily opens
Decadence Vanilla Cream False Indigo
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Eye Candy Moss Phlox
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; low at 4 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Yaupon Holly
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Berry Box Pyracomeles
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Red Robin Photinia
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Desert Willow
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 19 ft, for the layer behind it.
White Fringetree
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 17 ft, for the layer behind it.
Blooming alongside
Swamp Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid fall as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.