Re: digging canna bulbs
Hi Nancy and all
How I envy you not having to dig the dreaded canna bulbs! The time is
fast approaching when we will get a killing frost (even though it is so
warm now that the air conditioner continues to run) then it is time to
get out the wheel borrow and spade and dig and clean all the bulbs.
Usually I plant about 35 bulbs about 36 to 40 inches apart. When I dig
them I have well over 150 bulbs to store. It is a big job. I store them
in shallow card board boxes (canned soda boxes) covered in peat moss.
Every fall I think "this is the last year I will plant canna" , but
spring finds me with shovel in hand putting them in the same bed. Their
size and mass make a great divider between garden "rooms".
I don't feel bad discusing canna on this list as many of my perennial
books list them. altho I myself don't think of them as such. (at
least not here in zone 6)
Dee Ann
in Southern Indiana
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