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Hardiness: USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
My canna lily 'Pretoria'has beautiful flowers--when it flowers. I am a beginner with this plant, and after the orange flowers dry up and drop off, there is left a ball-shaped, what I call a "seed pod" below where the flower grew.
The plant is not doing very well. It is in full sun and I keep it well watered.
On Sep 19, 2003, aking1a from Baton Rouge, LA (Zone 8b) wrote:
In Baton Rouge, leaf rollers are a fierce competitor to cannas in general. I have found that Bengal Tiger is at least more resistant to leaf rollers. All of my other cannas look pretty sad this year even with a vigorous systemic bug attack on my part. Bengal Tiger still sports great foliage and it has been blooming all thru late spring to early fall. It also spreads fairly quickly compared to most other cannas.
On Feb 16, 2003, Abutilon from Coal Center, PA (Zone 6a) wrote:
Bengal Tiger (aka Pretoria) is one of the very best variegated foliage cannas. Gorgeous blooms, but sometimes the flowers are cut off so they don't distract from the foliage.
One of my very first cannas ..and will always be a favourite. Easy to grow and always lovely. Just can't beat the beauty of this canna! Heirloom canna, probably originated from India (why it's also known as 'Bengal Tiger'.)
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
, Arley, Alabama Auburn, Alabama Montevallo, Alabama Phoenix, Arizona Scottsdale, Arizona Tucson, Arizona Capistrano Beach, California Chowchilla, California Clayton, California Fairfield, California Fallbrook, California Laguna Beach, California Long Beach, California Pleasanton, California San Francisco, California San Jacinto, California San Jose, California Clifton, Colorado Jacksonville, Florida New Port Richey, Florida Pensacola, Florida Rockledge, Florida Vero Beach, Florida Augusta, Georgia Carrollton, Georgia Cordele, Georgia Dallas, Georgia (2 reports) Ewing, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky Baton Rouge, Louisiana Deridder, Louisiana Franklinton, Louisiana Gonzales, Louisiana Mandeville, Louisiana West Monroe, Louisiana Madison, Mississippi Waynesboro, Mississippi Roswell, New Mexico Elk City, Oklahoma Hulbert, Oklahoma Portland, Oregon Coal Center, Pennsylvania Georgetown, South Carolina Murrells Inlet, South Carolina Fort Worth, Texas Houston, Texas Jacksonville, Texas Richmond, Texas Round Rock, Texas San Antonio, Texas Webster, Texas Layton, Utah Kalama, Washington West Bend, Wisconsin
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