Re: now weather, Pam's-Progress on the garden wall

Don't think it's a sun issue, Pam; more a wet cold issue where the
rhizomes rot.  Even mulched with 2' of chopped leaves, dry mulch
layer and Styrofoam, they still rotted on my as that clay is just to
waterlogged in winter or something...or they just hate me:-)  They
grow well during summer and I always have to dig twice what I
planted, but they just won't overwinter in the ground for me:-(

If find they will grow just fine in part sun or light shade; may not
bloom as much as in full sun, but I grow them for the foliage
primarily.  

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Pamela J. Evans <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
> Maybe cannas need more sun up there Marge because I know they can
live
> w/ wet - not that they get that very often here. But Jesse's do ok
in
> 6B. And I know your place is fairly shady. They can do w/ shade
here
> (like my favorite MG says at my favorite nursery) when gardening
books
> (not written by Texans)say a plant needs full sun, they mean full
sun in
> CT or VT. Not here. Eva left some of hers in the ground this year
> because that one copy paper box I sent her Spring before last has
become
> thousands. She packed them all up last year but ran out of steam to
dig
> and tubs to store them in this year. She buried them in mulch and
we'll
> see how they do.

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