When to plant cannas

Canna belongs to a genus that includes more than fifty plant species. This flower comes from South America; it loves tropical and subtropical climates; in India it is grown as a perennial, but in the middle zone, canna is an annual. In Russia, this plant became known thanks to Peter I.

Planting conditions and care rules are the same for all types of this garden plant. Canna loves the sun very much and tolerates heat well. Fertile and loose soils are suitable for it; a mixture of fertile soil and peat is perfect for canna. The easiest way to grow canna is from rhizomes; they are sold in any flower shop. A when to plant cannas? Grown divisions of rhizomes planted in open ground in May, this applies to the middle zone, and in the southern regions cannas can be planted even in April. Only healthy rhizomes that do not have rotten buds or roots are selected for planting.

You can try to grow cannas from seeds, but you need to know how to do it correctly, when to plant cannas, and what optimal temperature conditions are needed for them. If you decide to grow this plant from seeds at home, it is best to do this in February; a greenhouse is also suitable for these purposes. Flower seeds look like black peas, dressed in a dense peel, after the seed pods ripen in early autumn, they spill out of them. Before planting, black peas are doused with boiling water, and then put into the freezer for two hours, and then placed again in a warm place. This preparation will significantly speed up germination.