Re: Canna storage

Cannas are amazingly tolerant of
less than ideal conditions. As long as they can produce a rhizome, even a
small one, they should store overwinter. Winter storage conditions - I have
to admit - I have not perfected yet. I've either dried everything into
mummies or rotted them to slime.

Boyce Tankersley
btankers@chicagobotanic.org
It's been my experience that most cannas overwinter best if they are left with some soil around them. This may not be necessary with the large rhizomed types, but for those like 'Australia' or 'Stuttgart', I keep potted with occasional watering. They are all in my basement, with temps about 60F.

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Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@wi.rr.com

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