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Common name hardy water canna Family marantaceae Life cycle perennial (Z5-11) Flowers violet Size 6' Light Seed ripens early October Tall-growing pond marginal, with attractive leaves, and flowers on tall stalks in summer. Strangely, some internet references rate this hardy to zone 5, others only to zone 8. I gather that for hardiness in the colder zones, it needs to be set deeper, well below the freeze line. So I planted ours in the center of the bog, and it came through the winter with flying colors, bigger and bolder. So far, the one flower I've seen was more odd than attractive, but that's OK, too.

fruit developing mid-July

In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: pond filtration bog

One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog

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