Re: Cannas
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- Subject: Re: Cannas
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:54:23 -0400
Elle,
Cannas thrive on heat. Have you had a coolish summer? If so, that
could keep them from really showing their stuff. They love heat,
sun, rich soil and water. Will grow with less than this, but not
achieve their full potential.
You ought to be able to overwinter them in your zone if your soil
doesn't stay too soggy over winter, which will tend to rot the
rhizomes when the ground is cold - they love moist soil when it's
warm. I've had no luck overwintering in the ground, but those just a
bit farther south than I can do it.
And, of course, you could have some of the smaller varieties who
never get much taller than 3'....
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: elle <eleanor@easystreet.com>
> Date: Saturday, August 19, 2000 10:23 PM
>
> Glad you brought this up!
> I ordered cannas this year and planted them after our last frost
(the
> one that killed all my seedling tomato and balsam plants). I had
put
> them into pots at frost because the weather was too awful to plant
for
> so long this year. They grew well and were nicely rooted when they
went
> into the gardens BUT none of them have gotten more than 3 feet tall
and
> I have had no blooms at all.
> Did I stunt them? Do they take time to get going?
> I love the thought of lots of cammas at the back of my cutting
garden
> and along the back of the yard and am so disappointed, not to
mention
> the cost!
> I will mulch and cover them this fall, but we dont have harsh
winters
> here in the Willamette Valley of Oregon (Z8).
> What else ought I to do?
> elle
>
>
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