Mid-Atlantic Gardening: July Blooms, 1 by wind

wind wrote:
Roses, I'll make a note to save you some nicotiana seeds for next year =)

Also, we always have plenty of extra red cannas. Storing them in peat moss in a box that is wrapped in a large plastic trash bag stored in a cool place, namely our basement, has worked great for us. Mold has never been a problem. When I didn't use the additional protection of the plastic trash bag our dahlia tubers, which we overwinter also, would shrivel up.

The president of one of the dahlia associations near us gave a talk on storing tubers in plastic and our jaws dropped, thinking they needed to "breath", but we have found it to work the best for us. The oxygen inside the bag and trapped in the peat proves to be enough while they are dormant.

our first dahlia bloomed last week, 'Nenekaci'