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Canna Lily
angiepangie
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Can anyone give me any advice on how to overwinter a 'Canna Lily'. It has been grown in a pot, which it is still in. I don't have a greenhouse, but I do have a conservatory and I live in the south.
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I grow Cannas and I live in the south I put my Cannas still in there pots into the summerhouse, because they will be dormant they only need to be protected from the hardest frost.
I know down here some people leave them outside in the soil but I find this delays flowering next year.
Thanks Chrissy. This is the first Canna I've had. Should I allow it to be hit by frost before bringing it in? Also, should I cut back the foliage? As you know, we've had a couple of frosts, but my Canna doesn't seem to have suffered - it still has flowers on it and a flower bud. I bought it at the HC Flower show and it was only a baby, so, I'm assuming it flowered late. When are they supposed to flower? Sorry for all the questions!
Mine were still flowering when I cut them down this week. I would keep it in the pot, let it dry out, and put it somewhere dry and cool.
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Some believe you should let it have one frost and then cut it back then store it, others think this is unnecessary. I let mine have one frost unless it's getting too late in the year in which case I cut it back and store.
when it starts back into growth if you can put it in a nice warm and airy place they tend to flower earlier.
I've just found this thread and was wondering what to do with mine, it was a present for our anniversary and has now died down.....I thought I had killed it!!
So am I right in thinking it's ok to leave it in its hedgie home and just put it in the GH as it is?
This was it when I got it, I hope it looks like this again next year
Sorry, mines a Calla......but do you look after them the same way?
I'd put in the GH, OL. But I may be wrong......soz
Mine are in a pot too heavy to move so I will have to dig them out. I was going to wrap them in fleece and put them in a box in the garage. On another thread, Verdun said keep them dry and Punkdoc said keep slightly damp??? Some years ago someone gave me one, I left it in the bed and it died, so this will be my first winter storing them.