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Overwintering

>Canna have always given me a fit.  Oddly enough, the last couple of years
>I've dug them and ended up leaving them in a pile in the garage and had
more >come through the winter alive

This may be the way to do it, Marge.  A friend of mine who is a Canna
fanatic stores his just this way and had not lost a one in at least ten
years.  Mine have always dried out or rotted while I tried what I thought
were 'better' storage methods!

>Probably through sheer luck, I have managed to keep Sarracenia leucophylla
>alive for two summers and a winter and it actually bloomed and made
>pitchers for me this year (Yea!)

This is one of the Sarracenia I am buying.  I have another question for
you:  Must the plants be in spaghnum peat when planted out next spring?  I
have a small, acidic marsh (artificial), which I keep moist but without
standing water; the medium is composted soil, grass, and leaf mold rather
than spaghnum moss.  The marsh is where I intended to grow the pitcher
plants, but I don't want to put them in an environment that is too rich for
them.

Thanks for the links!


Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Niles, MI  USA, Z 5/6
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