Family:  Cannaceae
Light:  Sun
Height:  2-4'
Spacing:  1.5-2'
Blooms:  Exotic, yellow with leopard-like red spots and red streaks, mid-Summer
Foliage:  Blue-green
Soil:  Well-drained, mildly acidic, moist
Water:  High, especially in Summer
Uses:  Ornamental, tub, container, specimen, border, bed, mass plant
Propagation:  Rhizome divisions, seeds (Scarify before sowing)

Comments:  Canna Lily 'Picasso' is a striking sub-tropical and tropical dwarf perennial with an erect, fast, clumping growth habit.  It is a showy hybrid.  In mid-Summer, it produces exquisite ornamental bright yellow blossoms with leopard-like red spots and red streaks atop of herbaceous blue-green leaves; this is followed by seedpods.  Canna Lily 'Picasso' is easily propagated from rhizome divisions or seeds.  It performs best in well-drained, moist, mildly acidic, neutral or mildly alkaline soil in a sunny environment. Mass plant Canna Lily 'Picasso' in the Summer landscape for an outstanding display.  It makes an eye-catching specimen or accent plant.  Use them as low border plants or grow them in a bed.  Water well especially in Summer.  Canna Lily 'Picasso' can also be cultivated in a pot and placed in the ground.  In colder areas, dig up rhizomes, place in peat and store in a cold dry place.  Canna Lily 'Picasso' looks very appealing and it is a terrific show stopper.

USDA Zones:  7-11