RE: storm on the way folks.../now cannas

The cannas I got from her this spring are all growing and putting on leaves.
Also, the large plant the DF gave me a few weeks ago BLOOMED a few days ago!

Theresa

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
Behalf Of Jesse Bell
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 2:37 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: [CHAT] storm on the way folks.../now cannas


Those cannas that Pam gave me...2 years ago....are now about 3 1/2 feet
tall...and I'm thinning them out and moving them around.  People don't think
they are prennial in this zone....but they are.  I have people stop me when
I'm outside (I live off a major highway) and they'll ask me what "those tall
orange and yellow flowers are!"  When I tell them, they scratch their heads
and say...they don't do well in this part of the state....well, YES they
do....like rabbits...they multiply like crazy!  I love 'em.





>From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Subject: RE: [CHAT] storm on the way folks.../now cannas
>Date: Sun,  1 Jun 2003 13:37:03 -0500
>
>Well darlin' that's because they start popping up through the leaves and
>mulch around mid-February here. Some of mine are 6-7' and blooming
>already.
>
>That's why I have to ship them by mid-March latest or they're too big to
>fit in a box! The first Spring that Jesse was in Oklahoma, I took a road
>trip up there in May w/ a car FULL of stuff including 4 big buckets of
>cannas that I dug up in March. They just kept growing in the buckets and
>were about 4 feet tall or so when I delivered them. Needless to say, I
>had to use the side mirrors driving up there. Couldn't see out of the
>car. Did I get some funny looks on the road!
>
>Donna - glad all your "babies" survived the storm.
>Thank God tornado season is about over, but then our coastal pals have to
>start watching for hurricanes!  Ugh.
>
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net>
>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Date:  Sun, 1 Jun 2003 07:56:54 -0500
>
> >Appears all survived last night... now the sun is out, no wind and
> >forecast of 65 today.... weather here can be crazy this time of year.
> >
> >Guessing I didn't need to haul all these plants into the garage for the
> >night. I had planted Pam's cannas in pots as they were already growing
> >when she sent them to me in Feb-March? I am the only one around with
> >three ft cannas at the moment! (If you are from the north, you
> >understand this comment... if from the south, you are probably
> >scratching your head thinking huh?....)
> >
> >Donna
> >
> >>
> >> Actually, Donna, all but Caladiums and some other truly tropical
> >> children don't mind temps in the 40s at all. The summer "annuals"
> >> will just sit and wait it out, but you shouldn't have any damage
> >> unless it really freezes:-)  I've decided plants like it cooler than
> >> people do.
> >>
> >> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> >> mtalt@hort.net
> >> Editor:  Gardening in Shade
> >
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>--
>Pam Evans
>Kemp TX/zone 8A
>
>
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