Cannas can be described in three words: big, bold, and beautiful. Water canna ‘Erebus’ lives up to those standards. It can reach 5 feet, produces showy salmon-colored blooms from midsummer to fall and has large lance-shaped, gray-green leaves with creamy stripes resembling those of the banana plant. It is versatile as well. Plant it in full sun in moist soil or along the water’s edge, or submerge it directly into a pond. It isn’t hardy in the Chicago area; the bulbs should be dug up in the fall, stored in a cool, dry place during the winter, and replanted in the spring after all threat of frost has passed.