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Canna Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on June 3, 2025, 11:26 pm For anyone who has never seen a Canna rhizome, or have only bought them as potted starts, here's a pic of one I stored over the winter, in its one gallon pot. Since an eye on the rhizome was beginning to restart growing through a drainage hole in the pot, instead of at the top of the pot, I decided to take the root out the pot, shake off the soil, and re-pot it in a larger, 2 gallon pot. You can see that it is "giving the sign", that it is ready to grow. 3 or 4 green or white eyes are visible in the pic: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EC8aM759givHpBuT8

Re: Canna Posted by Mark z7 Sharptown, MD on June 4, 2025, 4:53 am, in reply to "Canna" Good luck with it Alvin. Do you know what the bloom colors will be?

Re: Canna Posted by AJ Mid TN on June 4, 2025, 8:44 am, in reply to "Canna" They grow fast from large rhizomes. My giant canna looks like potatoes in the ground

Re: Canna Posted by Alvin, z6 on June 4, 2025, 8:48 am, in reply to "Re: Canna" Mark, this is a Stuttgart rhizome. Flower should be orange.

Re: Canna Posted by Alvin, z6 on June 4, 2025, 8:49 am, in reply to "Re: Canna" AJ, I'm assuming sweet potatoes, lol. Their tubers are more elongated.

Re: Canna Posted by Jason Western PA on June 4, 2025, 8:04 pm, in reply to "Canna" Nice to see its growing. I'm trying mine deep this year. I planted them about 14 inches deep to see if I can get them to survive winter.

Re: Canna Posted by AJ Mid TN on June 4, 2025, 9:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Canna" I think they will if they are one of the 5-6' tall varieties

Re: Canna Posted by Fred SC on June 5, 2025, 11:08 am, in reply to "Canna" Thanks, Alvin, but we don’t do ours up here.

Re: Canna Posted by Alvin, z6 on June 5, 2025, 10:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Canna" Fred, I can imagine that the Cannas, around you, were originally planted from rhizomes, or potted starts, but I posted the pic for those who never saw the roots.

Re: Canna Posted by Fred SC on June 5, 2025, 10:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Canna" Canna here are very hardy. The rixrs in winter can be on top of the ground and doesn’t hurt them.

Re: Canna Posted by Alvin, z6 on June 6, 2025, 10:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Canna" Good luck, with them, this year, Jason. I have heard of planting tulips, a foot down, in very cold climates. I never heard of planting Cannas a foot or more down.

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