Specialty Gardening: canna lily in a pot?, 1 by annabell52

annabell52 wrote:
Hi Coneflower Cate and all.
I live in zone 3 and our canna's all do best in pots. I have over wintered by empting the pot and washing the soil off the roots. I let them air dry and a day later pack them in peat moss and put them in my neighbors basement which is like a fridge.
About a month ago they started to sprout so I split them and left large chunks to start them again. The roots you buy in the store are very small compared to how big they get over one season.
In my climate I have found they do best in a very large pot without holes in the bottom. This way I can keep them wet enough when we get light from sun up 430 am to sundown 11 pm in June.
Our Costco had some decent faux terracotta pots for 18.00 and they are 30 inches high by 24 accros.
All in all I love the look these plants give me and the pots mean I can move(with some help) them around to change the look of my yard. People are always asking what they are and how did I get them to grow!. They are very easy plants to be successfull with.
I would caution you about choosing a partner plant as these guys can get very big and I have had them split a pot and they do rob all the goodnes from some smaller plants.
What zone are you? Maybe someone close can give you a good companion plant to use.
Here are a couple of mine.
Ann