Well, I guess the idea was too much to hope for. I do love cannas and the skipper butterflies which the leaf rollers produce, but it's time consuming to find the baby caterpillars and carry them to a catch plant as I've done in the past.

I usually just cut and discard the infested leaves. The leafrollers were late to arrive this year but my Pretoria and bronze leaved red cannas (indica bloom) had just as many as the green foliaged ones. I don't have the pink blooms.

Pam, thank you for your response. I guess cutting off the tatters is the best we can do, but I'll admit I'm wavering on how many cannas to keep.

I can't give them away anymore :-) Well, DD wants Pretoria in the spring so that is a few outta here. They make nice backdrop plants next to the fence but multiply like mad.

If I spray at the first sign of leaf rollers, I can control leaf damage. Otherwise, rollers are equal opportunity abusers. 2016 I had no problems. 2017 they were pretty bad.