Chrysogonum australe Eco Lacquered Spider Comptonia and these Canna cultivars are

and these Canna cultivars are amongst the most colorful foliage of all plants

unirrigated roadside bank where it doesn't spread as fast or get as tall

Beginning in early summer and continuing into early fall

although its native haunts are moist valleys in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria and Turkey)

Chrysogonum australe Eco Lacquered Spider Comptonia and these Canna cultivars are(aka: Chrysogonum virginianum 'Eco Lacquered Spider') Chrysogonum australe is the US Gulf Coast species, which for years was mistakenly lumped with the clumping Chrysogonum virginianum. Instead of clumping, Chrysogonum australe forms a fast spreading evergreen, deer resistant groundcover (4' wide in 2 years) in the moist woodland garden, quickly covering the ground without the need for mulch one of the best North American native woodland groundcovers