How To Grow Cannas

Occasional pest problems do occur as in any plant. Generally, a sunny location with well-draining soil and average water is enough to ensure summer blooms and healthy glossy broad leaves.

Water well and apply a layer ofOnce established, cannas need to be kept moist. Cover the rhizomes with 3 to 6 inches of soil. Depending on the variety, foliage color varies from green to maroon, bronze, and variegated types.

Canna plants that have to compete for water, nutrients, or sunlight will not bloom. When grown as perennials, canna lilies will grow and spread very quickly. Canna lilies need at least 6 hours of sunlight each day.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

Is an excellent way to make sure that these tropical looking plants survive in your garden year after year. Remember that canna bulbs can multiply rapidly over the summer, so you will want to start digging a bit further out from where you originally planted...

Because they're such all-around winners in the garden, it can be especially devastating to discover your cannas are infected with disease. If one plant is both infected with mosaic virus and infested with aphids, the chances of the disease spreading to...

Where other flowers shrivel and wilt, canna lilies thrive in the heat. Cut off just the fading flower, leaving the buds in place. New buds usually form right next to the spent flowers.

What is canna rust? While not usually deadly, severe infections can result in not only wilt and chlorosis of the leaves, but eventual death.Symptoms first appear as yellow to tan pustules on the foliage and stems.

Fertilizing canna lilies will ensure these stunners in your garden or your indoor containers will thrive and produce the most beautiful flowers and foliage. Use two to four inches (5-10 cm.) of compost or otherin your flower bed or containers to create...

In the southern areas where cannas can be left in ground year round, plant 6 to 8 inches deep. Give them shade and they may never bloom. Give these same cannas some sunlight and they will reach for the sun and grow taller and better.Soil requirements...

On a sheet of baking paper, draw a circle 20 - 30cm in diameter. It is the type of plant that one can love, become too familar with and through some new discovery of its amazing versatility and hardiness, learn to love all over again.Preheat oven: 200°C.

No pinching is needed, since they are self branching. After snuggling some pine needle mulch around the tiny plants, we resumed the laborious task of learning about prepositional phrases.As we continued our studies, the little plants grew and filled in...

Tip: You may need to microwave extra arrowroot flour later, if the dough is too wet to knead.Sieve the arrowroot flour and sugar into a big bowl. I selected both stem buds (see photo at end of article) and mature rhizomes to see if there was a difference...

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After those lovely first five minutes, it turns grey. When I open the patio doors to the back, however, the warm tropical breezes and the exotic fragrances and scents of my zone 9 or even 10 or 11 garden would pour in.Here's the clincher - even when the...

Most are quite reasonable when you go to purchase them.I enjoyed this book immensely and even learned a thing or two. I give it two ‘green thumbs up'. These are also the plants that steadfastly cling to life in malls, airports and office buildings.

They grow well and are a bright spot near my back door.As they mature, small black seeds will start to develop along the lower part of the flowers. These racks are often filled with older, time-tested varieties of flowers and vegetables and new gardeners...

Eye's are pink or white dots or bumps on the top portion of the tuber (as opposed to the bottom where you'll see roots).Give the prepared tubers a little longer to dry completely. A tuber is the enlarged portion of an underground stolon.

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Coleus do like their water and will wilt if the soil becomes too dry. Even though coleus plants are perennials in their native lands, most gardeners tend to use them as annuals. Some varieties can tolerate more sun and there are actually ‘sun coleus'...

They do not benefit from applications of Miracle-Gro, as the high nitrogen content of that fertilizer tends to promote green leaves and the colors won't be as bright. Caladiums are enexpensive and easy to obtain.

The hips are large enough to be harvested and since rose hips contain a significant amount of Vitamin C, many gardeners grow it for this purpose. It takes up a large footprint in my garden.

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Even a gardener on the tightest budget can afford the inexpensive seed packs offered most places seeds are sold. The little plants should shoot up quickly and to make a bushier display, pinch out the center growing tip when they are between six and eight...

This little succulent is native to the dry slopes of southern European mountain ranges like the Alps and has been a familiar house-hold plant for over a thousand years. In realty, this was an excellent choice, because the fleshy leaves contain quite a...

Cannas are dual-purpose plants because they have flowers and foliage that are equally ornamental. Removing old flowers redirects a plant's energy from seed production to producing more flowers.

A daylily fan is a self-contained little plant that multiplies via underground roots or stolens. Daylilies are fun to trade and share among friends and we have a friendly and activein our subscriber area where enthusiasts compare notes and plants in many...

If you use this technique you will never have a fallen tulip again.