Cannas in the pond

[Lisak1]

Mine have bloomed all summer and far into fall once they get established in the bog. Every year they seem to take their time deciding if they're happy and then suddenly BOOM! And I buy whatever kind of canna I find at the nursery - they've all worked.

 

[tbendl]

They are on sale and are supposed to like full sun and humid weather. Well baby we got that in spades in my yard!
I'm hitting Lowes!

 

[tbendl]

Do Iris only bloom 1x a year in the spring? Or more often? This will be the first full year with them so I don't know

 

[Faebinder]

I think mine would have bloomed if I had placed them in spring. I placed mine mid late summer.

 

[Faebinder]

Do Iris only bloom 1x a year in the spring? Or more often? This will be the first full year with them so I don't know

So far my Irises have been blooming for the last 2 weeks. I noted the flowers die when the weather goes a bit cold, although the irises of the neighbors who are planted in the ground are blooming fully despite the cold dips. I think in a bog the roots go cold a lot.

 

[tbendl]

Mine bloomed back in March but then we got chilly again. I've got bulbs again but now flowers so I don't know for sure what the heck they are doing. Lol

 

[Mmathis]

They are on sale and are supposed to like full sun and humid weather. Well baby we got that in spades in my yard!
I'm hitting Lowes!

LOL! And ditto!

 

[tbendl]

I found cannas and hardy hibiscus which I think will both produce color most of the summer and work in the bog. How is your bog looking TM?

 

[Jimmy Gibson]

My Cannas are growing like crazy bare root.....dug up some from the garden, washed all the dirt off and stuck them between some rocks in a plant basket weighed down with rock.... If I didn't put them in a basket and weighed down heavily..... The Koi Kids would have them scattered all over the pond. Haven't bloomed yet but I am sure they will

 

[Lisak1]

Yup, irises are one time bloomers. And generally they won't bloom the year you divide them or move them. And keep an eye on them or they will OWN YOU!

 

[tbendl]

Yeah Lisa that's what kicked my big booty this spring was leaving them alone. I plan on thinning them and the ginger and adding iris and a hardy hibiscus I think. Still researching

 

[sissy]

I have the dark leafed cannas in my waterfall area and they came from broken off pieces and had no roots but looked today and they have roots .The black elephant ears are spreading like crazy but dug som

e up to give away

 

[tbendl]

Looking good @sissy

 

[sissy]

I going to take a couple of them and wash the roots and put them in a pot in the waterfall pond

 

[Meyer Jordan]

I going to take a couple of them and wash the roots and put them in a pot in the waterfall pond View attachment 100509 View attachment 100510 View attachment 100511 View attachment 100512

That specie of "elephant ear" is highly invasive when given ample moisture.