I have grown a canna lily for the first time this year. Please could you advise me about how to keep it over winter. I do have a frost-free greenhouse.
I've always had to bring them into my house, apart from when I had a conservatory. They just sat there, in their pots, not in any sun, until they started growing again. Then I did the usual watering a bit and repotting etc
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We don't have the space to bring the garden pots indoors for Winter, so the greenhouse it shall be. I'll wrap the pots in bubble wrap or fleece, but do I need to water them during Winter, or is it OK to let the soil completely dry out?
I chop mine to the ground and bring them under cover. It is best to keep them very slightly damp.
He calls her the chocolate girl Cause he thinks she melts when he touches her She knows she's the chocolate girl Cause she's broken up and swallowed And wrapped in bits of silver
I split a massive clump last year, so , technically all the same plant. I dug some up and moved them into the polytunnel and left some in the ground in heavy soil over one of the wettest Devon winters and those in the ground emerged later, but soon caught up and over took those I planted out. I'm not lifting any this winter
I cut mine down and keep in pots in an unprotected greenhouse over winter, no bubble wrap or fleece etc, just straight on the floor. A light watering once or twice over the whole winter does the trick for me (although the pots are large so they don't dry out.
ours goes into the garage before the frosts start. It’s in a huge container so dries and slowly doesn’t need watering all winter. I do remove the leaves as they die off by tugging them away from the base to guard against rot setting in, but otherwise it gets ignored until March when it’s repotted and brought into the light and warmer studio. It doesn’t go out until around mid June.
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Great, sort of similar to what I do with my Dahlia's. We get lots of unseasonally warm days in Winter these days, and the greenhouse regularly gets quite warm, so I find I have to water the pots a little more often than one would expect.
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It is best to keep them very slightly damp.
Cause he thinks she melts when he touches her
She knows she's the chocolate girl
Cause she's broken up and swallowed
And wrapped in bits of silver
I'm not lifting any this winter
when it’s repotted and brought into the light and warmer studio. It doesn’t go out until around mid June.