Re: Brugmansia & Cannas?

Barbara
let me tell you a funny story about cannas ! my neice had tons of cannas "yellow and red" they were very pretty, but cannas are so common in the south. she had to divide and get rid of some of them. she offered me as many as I wanted and I accepted "reluctantly" mine never did do well, not sure if they ever bloomed, but what she did with them was the funny part. she divided and reset what she wanted and the rest she just threw in the woods at the edge of her back yard. she threw them on top of some old lumber that her husband had stacked in that area. "WELL" the point is that every time I went for a visit the rest of that year I would notice that these cannas were still living and some of them bloomed down in the woods with no soil and mine didn't do squat
we still laugh about this even today when we think about it. "go figure" strange things do happen.
I still have 3 or 4 of those same cannas', they grow about 12" each year and never bloom. explain that if you can
Donna in NE Mississippi zone 7

WhtRos2@aol.com wrote:

Thank you, Donna, for the website.
Its wonderful! One of my justifications for having the computer is to look up things like this and, Judy, I have done a very poor job taking care of things this summer. Including fertilizing. About all I've given anything this year is an occasional dose of Miracle Gro.
B/c I get the White Fly so bad I think I will cut back the Brugs this fall and put them somewhere out of the way in the basement as suggested on the website.

Marge, I don't know when we are "scheduled" to get our last frost according to the UDSA but people grow Cannas here and I've been admiring them since late July. Kimberly, only 1 has a tag I can read - Wyoming. One has yellow and green striped leaves and the others are "basic green." The dwarfs are new this year from Lowes. You said water and fertilizer were a big factor so think I will repot this winter into larger pots and vow to fertilize in the spring! What do you think about using the potting soil with the soil most crystals? seems like the only way I can keep them from drying out.

Forgive me for a short story --
Nearly 30 years ago when our house was new, someone gave me a bushel of Cannas; "basic red." I planted them all around the garage and anywhere else I could. The ones around the garage were in "fill dirt" and did the best. No fertilizer and no watering on my part. They were 6 ft tall B4 blooming and I was so excited -- expected gigantic blooms! Turned out to be normal size but nearly brushed the eves of the garage. When I went to dig them up, the ground was so hard and dry that I broke the handle of my spade! They turned out to be the first soil amendments as I didn't try to dig up any more!

Thanks to you all, Barbara
USDA z5a, Rock Island, IL
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