RE: digging canna bulbs
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'" <perennials@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: digging canna bulbs
- From: N* B* <N*@multicare.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:16:05 -0700
When should I dig up my cannas? I have a BRIGHT orange one my mom brought
me this summer, it was one of my dad's favorites.
It was brought from the Gulf Coast (where it's been in the backyard, along
with many others for at least 10 years...) to the PACNW, and I've <blush>
had it growing in a bucket of newspapers behind the garage, as I just
haven't had time to properly plant it. I wasn't aware that cannas were
supposed to be dug, stored, and replanted each year. Would anyone like to
give me more detailed information about cannas, and their storage/wintering
process for this neck of the woods? My dad passed away six years ago, and I
would HATE to lose this plant. It's a small thing to hold so much
sentiment, but <shrug> that's just me. :)
neens
Silverdale,WA
Zone 8
Nina Beheim
Application Analyst
Information Services Department
Multicare Health Systems
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dee.ann.scheller@juno.com [SMTP:dee.ann.scheller@juno.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 7:57 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: 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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