Re: was seed starting, now cannas

yep, sun. can't speak for all cannas, but the natives in the everglades are found growing only in clearings.

At 01:12 PM 12/27/02 -0800, you wrote:
Theresa, I had some cannas in shade and they basically were late to grow and
flowered in a weak way. In other words they languished. Other cannas that I
have of the same variety in full sun did great. I think they need as much sun
as you can give them.

DF

Theresa- yahoo wrote:

> Oooh- I had forgotten about the Cannas! They should be able to stand just
> about any kind of soil I suspect- And I have a coupld of spots on the
> outside of my fence that are just pathetic. How much sun do they have to
> get to bloom?
>
> Theresa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pamela J. Evans [g*@gbronline.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 6:10 PM
> To: Theresa- yahoo
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] FW: $25.00 Coupon gardens alive- in case anyone is
> interested.
>
> Excellent - thanks! And what a wonderful gift! You're gonna be one seed
> starting mama this Spring!
> And don't forget the cannas - fortunately they don't get planted very deep,
> not much digging. It's more work lifting them and separating them then
> planting them. But the exercise is great and you have to thin them out or
> you end up w/ huge thickets after a couple of years and those are HELL to
> dig up! I love 'em though! You will too!
>
> Pam
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Theresa- yahoo" <tchessie@yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:54:41 -0800
>
> >Christmas was great- I got a seed-starting light to set on top of my
> table.
> >I am just thrilled! We spent the day with my inlaws- I cookd cornish hens
> >and tonight- it's leftovers- yeah!
> >
> >Hope your holiday was great too.
> >
> >Theresa
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 5:17 PM
> >To: tchessie@yahoo.com
> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] FW: $25.00 Coupon gardens alive- in case anyone is
> >interested.
> >
> >
> >Got it - I'm on their e-mailing list too! I love their stuff, I go through
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> >
> >Pam
> >
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