Bandanna of the Everglades
Canna flaccidanative · Central Texas
Bandanna of the Everglades is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 4 ft tall. It wants full sun and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in May–Aug.
Wet ground only. A wetland plant: it needs standing water or saturated soil — a pond edge, creek bank or rain garden, not a dry upland bed.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- About 4 ft
- Bloom
- May–Aug · yellow
- Soil
- Takes clay
Where it grows
5 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.