Canna Lily Cleopatra

DESCRIPTION: Cleopatra Canna Lily is a unique vigorous canna lily known for its dramatic, unstable variegation, featuring green and bronze foliage with red and yellow flowers, sometimes appearing as two different plants on one stem. Each bloom is unique.  It is a showy, heat loving lily for sunny spots.  Thrives is moist, rich soil and great for containers or water features. Deadhead spent flowers and remove old stalks to encourage more blooms, fertilize regularly.

BOTANICAL NAME: Canna 'Cleopatra'
GROUP/CLASS: Canna
AVERAGE MATURE HEIGHT: 3 to 6 Feet
AVERAGE MATURE SPREAD: 2 Feet
SUN EXPOSURE: Full sun
FLOWER COLOUR: Red and Yellow
FLOWERING TIME: Mid summer to Mid fall
FOLIAGE COLOUR: Green and Bronze Stripes
COLD HARDINESS: Annual
WATER NEEDS: Average
OTHER FEATURES: Attracts Hummingbirds

 Landscape Attributes

Cleopatra Canna Lily is an herbaceous annual with a rigidly upright and towering form. Its wonderfully bold, coarse texture can be very effective in a balanced garden composition. It is a good choice for attracting hummingbirds to your yard. 

Cleopatra Canna Lily is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• General Garden Use
• Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Cleopatra Canna Lily will grow to be about 3 plus feet tall at maturity extending to 6 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 2 feet. Although it's not a true annual, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year.