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Cannas in South Florida, anyone?

patischell Fort Pierce, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 11, 2005

Well, here I am, a fairly new gardner, and have only discovered Cannas! I saw these magnificent plants in big pots most 5' tall at Wal-Mart with the most beautiful varigated foliage. Some had blooms, simply the leaves were what really caught my attention. I exercise my shopping in one of their electrical buggies and I speedily found out that three of those plants exercise NOT fit in that basket with groceries, and so I had to go out them. *sigh* They were eleven.99 a pot.

Anyway......my question (finally) is: does any one in S FL grow Cannas and are they are difficult to enhance? I want to institute them in containers along my fence line. Information technology gets full sunshine all year. Will they grow in the winter here? I'm going to plant Plumerias downward that debate line and I thought that when they lose their leaves in winter, the Cannas would provide foliage color.

Anyway....I institute a website that sold them and nearly had a heart attack at the price for one bulb!! $14.00 to $eighteen.00!!!! http://world wide web.karcheskycanna.com/

I really need to have some practiced info before I buy one.....or ii....or you know how it goes.
Pati

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rose318 in Houston, TX(Zone 9a) Jul 11, 2005

Eclipse Norwalk, IA(Zone 5b) Jul 11, 2005

Which ane are yous talking nearly? Tropicanna?the scarlet striped with orange flowers? Every bit for if cannas will overwinter in the pots in that location..if plumerias tin can stay out all year so can the cannasPlumerias can take NO frost of whatever kind..cannas can take a light frost and regrow quickly.

:-)

patischell Fort Pierce, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 11, 2005

Thanks Eclipse. The ones I wanted were Bengal Tiger and Stuttgart. If they take the aforementioned winter every bit Plumerias I recall they will be O.K.
Pati

Badseed Hillsboro, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 12, 2005

It is probably too late in the yr, but Horns Canna carries them and y'all can pick them up for a couple bucks or less. Y'all could also wait until fall for united states common cold weather condition people and become some from united states. We have to dig them up. I believe MollyMc is in the same zone as y'all and I am sure they do fine for her outside all year long. I don't believe she grows them in pots though.

patischell Fort Pierce, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 12, 2005

Thanks and then much for your info. I would be HAPPY to pay stamp for whatsoever that you cold weather condition people take to share! I don't have anything to merchandise, unless you want Coleus and Impatiens in Dec. *grin*
Pati

budgielover Pinellas Park, FL(Zone 9b) Jul 12, 2005

They do well hither in St. Pete. Multiply like crazy.
Jan...

patischell Fort Pierce, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 12, 2005

Thanks Budgie, our weather is pretty much like yours.
Pati

EmmaGrace Jacksonville, TX(Zone 8a) Jul xiii, 2005

Pati,
I have GOBS of Cannas. I'thousand in 8aTX Zone, then they will do equally well or improve in your zone. Why in containers?
They are very happy in the ground.

I'll be more than happy to send you annihilation I have for stamp only. LMK if you are interested and I'll send you my list.

Emma

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MollyMc Archer/Bronson, FL(Zone 8b) Jul 14, 2005

Pati,

I didn't know Ft Pierce is in Zone 10, but that's only nearly an 60 minutes and a one-half north of here. The cannas will do just fine for you.

I think I told y'all 3 callon containers would exist better than 1 gallon. I have one I am sending that you probly should us a five gallon, because it will grow taller and volition need the heavier lesser to keep it upright. Likewise, if you bunch the containers of cannas in a circular expanse together, similar inside a circle, put the tallest one in the centre and surround it with the shorter ones.

I dug cannas terminal night and they are in a bucket of water today. I will endeavor to marking them every bit best I can. I am also cutting off the leaf so they will fit in a reasonable sized box. But no worry, they are coming into their own and putting on a lot of growth.

In an hour or so, I'll have them packed and on their way to the post office. You should have them by Sat so get ready to get outside and sweat. :^))))

Molly

delecie Homestead, FL(Zone 10b) Jul 14, 2005

Molly:

Exercise you have any problems with the canna leaf roller? My friend talked me out of trying them a few years ago when his cannas were attacked past leaf rollers.

MollyMc Archer/Bronson, FL(Zone 8b) Jul 14, 2005

Yes Delecie, and I was hoping you lot wouldn't mention that where Pati could hear you. I was going to intermission it to her gently. :^)))

Pati, there will be no leaf rollers on these cannas. And I recall the great thing about growing them in containers, 1. Y'all contain the rhizomes from spreading and 2. You can treat the containers with Bayers systemic tree and shrub juice. No worry of getting the insecticide on other plant matters.

Delecie, you lot garden in containers, don't you? And not all cannas get leaf rollers, don't know why they like me. I accept some customers and fifty-fifty a private plant seller hither who don't treat their cannas and they look great.

Molly
:^)))

delecie Homestead, FL(Zone 10b) Jul xiv, 2005

:-) Molly:

I garden generally in the footing but I do have a few plants in containers, especially plants that I haven't put into the ground yet! LOL However, I'1000 trying to limit the corporeality of plants that I take in containers because moving the container plants caused me a lot of grief during the 2004 hurricane season.

budgielover Pinellas Park, FL(Zone 9b) Jul 14, 2005

Molly,
What kind of damage practise the foliage rollers practise. Some of my cannas accept big pieces chewed out merely I haven't been able to come across any critters on whatsoever of them. I do have a few lubbers that escaped my wratth in the spring that I am still trying to do in.
Not all of my cannas take been attacked.
January.

MollyMc Archer/Bronson, FL(Zone 8b) Jul 14, 2005

January,

The culprit is a little on the blurry side, but this photo shows who did it and what he did. Afterward they terminate eating, they somehow roll the leaf over on themselves and brand a little caccoon in there. When I see that, I just pinch the folded leafage and watch out for over spray.

Molly

budgielover Pinellas Park, FL(Zone 9b) Jul xiv, 2005

Shoot! It certain looks like my leaves. Gauge I got to do some roller stomping now that I'one thousand virtually done doing the Lubber stomp. Maybe we can start a new craze!!!!!!
Jan...

MollyMc Archer/Bronson, FL(Zone 8b) Jul xiv, 2005

Pati,

Yours are on their style at present. Probly become there by Sat. No leaf rollers included though. I tagged the ones I knew who they were, the others, when they bloom, mail service photos and I'll see about names.

Relish!

Molly
:^)))

soozer Safety Harbor, FL(Zone 9b) Jul 15, 2005

Yikes, Molly!

I'k new with cannas since this spring (planted some from Feb. FL Roundup) and am glad those critters have not plant my lovely salmon colored cannas (a few in the basis and a few in containers).

Cheers for the photo, even if the roller critter is blurry!

Sue

Tplant Pembroke Pines, FL(Zone 10a) Jul fifteen, 2005

Patishell -- Just came in on this ! As you can see I live in Pembroke Pines and they take cannas growing effectually our mall roadway. Correct on Pines blvd on the side of the road and information technology amazes me how tolerant they are to water as they are in a low lying area and after heavy rains the water stands there for a day or even two with no harmful effects to the cute red cannas. I always admire them when they are in bloom. My boondocks is large on landscaping....

budgielover Pinellas Park, FL(Zone 9b) Jul xv, 2005

Tplant,
Most cannas are water lovers and some are even used in ponds and bogs.
January...

Tplant Pembroke Pines, FL(Zone 10a) Jul fifteen, 2005

Now Cannas I know nadda simply TOMATOS ahhhaaaa ! Just they sure are pretty.

trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) Jul 17, 2005

i had cannas in containers in my thou in the keys. they did very well. i watered and fed them alot. i wonder did yous become yours in the mail? i just realized you havent responded to your thread in awhile. im pretty new hither, but that doesnt seem like you. concerned. debi

patischell Fort Pierce, FL(Zone 10a) Jul xviii, 2005

I just got back online.....again!!! I don't understand it at all, but ir was the wireless connection, somethingabout a "router". We had power problems also, and I couldn't use my daughter's figurer at her house because her DH spilled a cup of coffee into her new laptop! I've just lived through the nearly bizarre string of events ever! The only bright spot was the arrival of the Cannas from Molly! Today they are going into their new pots with new soil! Let the growth begin!! *smile*
Pati

trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) Jul eighteen, 2005

good to hear youre alive and well! you had a lot of concerned people worried about you lot!!! good luck with the cannas. im going to try them hither in umatilla, leaf rollers be d----d! debi

patischell Fort Pierce, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 18, 2005

Thanks tracky, I had to get to Mapquest to find Umatilla. Pretty land up there! I'yard actually looking forrard to seeing these Cannas grow. I judge you lot're never likewise old to detect a new plant to dearest. LOL
Pati

grnthmbr Lecanto, FL(Zone 9b) Jul xviii, 2005

My Cannas grow and thrive wonderfully here in Lecanto, Fl. Adjacent to Inverness and Crystal River.

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patischell Fort Pierce, FL(Zone 10a) Jul 18, 2005

grnthmbr, I am learning more and more towns in Florida since we accept this forum! I GOOGLED Lecanto too. Isn't MapQuest a wonderful thing! Thanks for the encouragement with the Cannas.
Pati

I accept cannas in more often than not shade that abound and bloom, but don't spread much. One is the tall, red variety, "The President" and another is "King Humbert." I got the named varieties from one of the bulb visitor catalogs.

I moved some to an area with more dominicus and they take spread like crazy, grew very tall, and bloomed profusely all summertime. This aforementioned expanse is where my gingers are planted, then the cannas too become a lot more water in this surface area than in the shady spot.

I have some of the dwarf cannas in a mostly sunny location. They seem to be better behaved virtually not spreading and so much and only reach about eighteen inches high.

Here's a photo of one of my canna varieties that is either a native or has escaped into the wild and acclimated to our climate. It can be ofttimes found along ditch lines in NE Florida. I see several named varities of similar orange/yellow coloration in the Plant Files, just I'k not sure this ane has a cultivar proper name.

Jeremy

MollyMc Archer/Bronson, FL(Zone 8b) Jul xviii, 2005

Oo, Oo, Pati,

I remember one of the solid dark-green ones is Rex Humbert. The one with multiple shoots? that I didn't have a name on? That would be the one with the orange/yellow variegated flowers. Very pretty.

See, given a little time, these things come to me.

:^)))

budgielover Pinellas Park, FL(Zone 9b) Jul nineteen, 2005

Reminds me of Cleo.
January...

patischell Fort Pierce, FL(Zone 10a) Aug 04, 2005

Hi all Canna lovers! I really have the Canna fever bad. LOL The ones I received from MollyMc and SH1025 (thanks once again) are doing fine, I think. I have never seen a Canna grow and I was looking for new shoots and finally decided the rolled up thingy thing coming out of the top were new leaves when one unrolled and VOILA! a new leafage. DUUH, no snickering from yous now.

Being a proficient mother and a soft affect, I had to share with my DD. Her'due south went in the footing, so I'chiliad waiting on a report from her. Mine volition get in the ground eventually. Now I'm on a mission to find a Tropicana and a Pink Sunburst. If anyone has these to share for stamp (nothing to trade), or know where a good place to purchase, I would appreciate your info.

Really, whatever varigated leaf would be wonderful. I still want a Stuttgart, but they are just Likewise pricey.
Pati

soozer Condom Harbor, FL(Zone 9b) Aug 04, 2005

Perchance cannas are what should go into the long empty patch along the street. It is mulched but and so empty looking. Was thinking of daylilies...simply canna foliage would provide more screening from passing cars. Can't practise anything also tall, overhead utilities and some hugger-mugger nearby. Practiced matter cannas only demand 4 inches or and so of depth to go going. :) Whatever suggestions?

sugarweed Taylor Creek, FL(Zone 10a) Aug 05, 2005

Yep the ppretty coral, lime green and burgandy striped ones are just cute. They are very "Florida".
sidney

soozer Safety Harbor, FL(Zone 9b) Aug 05, 2005

Haven't actually had enough experience with cannas, yet. Does the one you describe have a photo to cheque out, Sidney?

Sue

sugarweed Taylor Creek, FL(Zone 10a) Aug 05, 2005

soozer Safety Harbor, FL(Zone 9b) Aug 05, 2005

That leafage is wonderful! (Your brug leafage...my jaw dropped! lol)

sugarweed Taylor Creek, FL(Zone 10a) Aug 05, 2005

Not mine, those were krnysgirls and Datdogs. I don't have whatever Cannas but honey this folage.
sidney

soozer Safety Harbor, FL(Zone 9b) Aug 05, 2005

Well thanks for finding the links to a couple smashing canna photos! :)

sugarweed Taylor Creek, FL(Zone 10a) Aug 05, 2005

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