"mark" wrote in message
o.uk...


My Cannas, mostly in pots are showing no signs of life.
When do Cannas normally get going after winter, they are the stripey
bronze sort. (well they were!)
I'm wondering if I've given them enough time before writing them off which
is imminent.

mark

What area do you live in? Were the pots protected from frost in the winter?

From your description, you have Canna 'Tropicana' (correctly 'Tropicanna').
Unless you live in a favoured spot, it is possible they have suffered from
the severe weather. However, it is worth waiting until early June to see if
anything is alive. You can always take the rhizomes out of the pots and
examine them. If they are soft and mushy, they've had it. If they are
still hard, it is possible they've survived.

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Jeff