Re: Brugmansia & Cannas?
- Subject: Re: Brugmansia & Cannas?
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:20:12 EDT
In a message dated 9/18/02 12:09:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, WhtRos2@aol.com
writes:
> How do you get your Brugs and Cannas to Bloom?>>>>>>>
Brugs I don't know but Cannas are plants that grow best in moist to wet
soils. If you keep the container soaking wet, you will get better top growth
and more likely a flowering stem formation. The fertilizer wants to go on
early in the growing season.
Some by nature bloom earlier than others. Dwarf plants which are not in my
opinion dwarf (3 feet high) bloom earlier and more often than the larger
ones. Cannas can bloom in semishade but will form bloomstalks earlier in
full hot sun.
I grow a striped one in a tin wash boiler and a dwarf pink (this dwarf is
over three feet) in another metal container. If they dry out, you check the
growth and then need to start up again. These plants will grow in muck at
pond's edge and do quite well in warm places (not here). Both of my cannas
are started indoors a full eight weeks before last frost. Earlier would be
better, they do not like cold soil.
Don't be too discouraged with cannas. Some are more suited to your area than
others. If a cultivar never blooms, get rid of it and try another. The one
blooming pink here now is "Perkeo" and I would not recommend it for the
north. I will not buy it again. The best one I ever had was some no-name
from a Walmart bag and I did not save it. When purchasing cannas look for
early blooming in the description. If you are below Washington, DC it is not
such a problem. Remember, warmer soil, faster growth -lots of water. Warmer
soil is accomplished by growing on top the ground in containers. You can
drop them into the garden when you get the flowers started if that is where
you want them.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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