My favorite tropical & exotic flower | Canna Lily care and requirements

[@mitcheljolienetresslar7183]

Excellent video! Plant some Vetiver in the ditch. The grass will absorb all of the water and also retain it.

[@mycarolinagarden]

@@mitcheljolienetresslar7183 thank you so much!

[@ThePegasus101]

great tip there my canas looked like they where growing seed pods ive cut them off

[@sandytoes5108]

I love Canna Lilies, too! Gorgeous flowers, and gorgeous gardens as well!! 🤩

[@mycarolinagarden]

Thank you so much! 😊❤️🌺

[@hydrangeaparadise674]

I love love Canalily ❤

[@mycarolinagarden]

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[@boostjunkieMike]

Thanks for sharing 👌🏾😎👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾😍😍your garden looks amazing and is inspiring.

[@mycarolinagarden]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@goctalis3064]

I am a small balcony gardener, zone 6 b, Romania , and canna lilies are my favourites balcony- plants. I have yellow and orange cannas, I overwinter them in the cold staircase . They are so beautiful and exotic and they come back. I have blue flowers too, a blue hydrangea and a plumbago auriculata, which I overwinter too. Your garden is absolutely gorgeous. I don`t know if plumbago is a perennial in your zone , but it has such a magic blue colour and it likes full sun. Mine is not that spectacular, because it gets only 3 -4 hours of sun, I am so happy that my canna lilys accept this conditions, but I have to wait until end of june for them to flower. I have a dwarf banana too , for the first time, I love it so much.

[@mycarolinagarden]

Romania! Awesome! 😁❤ Thank you so much for the suggestion of plumbago auriculata - I am VERY interested in getting some blue into my garden! I put it into my notes so I can be on the lookout for it. I love seeing the wonderful creations balcony gardeners come up with to utilize and dress up their space! Thanks for writing! ☺

[@goctalis3064]

@@mycarolinagarden Planted outside Plumbago can look a little wild , but in pot it looks elegant and charming like here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJakdaSJeNmFkLs

[@jeanstorey5521]

This was very informative - thank you! I was first introduced to Canna lilies last year and now have three different kinds in raised garden planters on my balcony. They don't seem to mind the heat and wind as I am on the 23rd floor in an apartment in Canada. I think that I am in zone 3, so I will have to bring them indoors for the winter.

[@mycarolinagarden]

I love this so much - working with the space you have and making it gorgeous. It's true, you'll have to bring them in for the winter. Having 3 varieties is great though - I now have 2 kinds of variegated ones which are my faves ☺️💚

[@ramatkhmat]

Hello, beautiful flowers, thanks for sharing🌷🌿👍🤝👌💐🌺

[@mycarolinagarden]

Awe, thanks so much! I appreciate that! 😊🌺

[@budgetgardeningvita]

Your Canna Lilies are beautiful! Here in New Hampshire zone 5b I have to bring mine in for the winter but it's so worth the effort! Thanks for sharing. 🌻

[@mycarolinagarden]

Thank you for your kind words! In order to have the tropical feel they offer, I know I'd bring them in for the winter if I had to, also! 😁🌺

[@geoffreyhussey5280]

Thank you so much love your video Geoff from the UK London

[@mycarolinagarden]

I was literally in the UK (London specifically) this morning!! Explored all over Scotland before that. Thanks so much for your message!!

[@gilespeterson120]

super lit video Nicole :) thank you

[@mycarolinagarden]

Haha, thank YOU! 😊

[@tanyawales5445]

In your swale try: 1) Large calla lilies which come in white, white with green, yellow and pink flowers 2) Louisiana iris 3) Evergreen reblooming daylilies (Hemerocallis) commonly called and used as 'ditch lilies' 4) Papyrus dwarf or tall On the areas that are too wet for grass try: 1) Sowing miniature or micro clover seeds which don't grow very tall so mowing isn't an ordeal. 2) Ground covers that are woodland type plants. Violets are a good example of that. 3) Ginger from roots you can buy at the supermarket and divide before planting.

[@mycarolinagarden]

I appreciate this thoughtful message with so many great options. I took a screen-shot of it so I can refer back to it. I am quite interested in calla lilies and Iris. Thanks again!

[@johnkulcsar6552]

Very insightful., especially the usage & results of too much water. Thanks

[@mycarolinagarden]

I'm so glad if it can be helpful to to!

[@Flora-Interior]

Wow so interesting about the last cannas that are not thriving in that area . I was thinking of putting some in a small creek behind my property were water increases and decreases with the rainfall, but now I'm not so sure if they'll like it there. Thanks for sharing your experience Nicole 💚🪴

[@mycarolinagarden]

Thanks for your message! Maybe you can try planting SOME, but don't break the bank until you know if they'll like it there? What I like about Cannas is that they spread themselves, but alas, they won't do that if they're not happy. 🤪 Good luck with your property!!

[@tinapaxton4231]

I love canvas, too. At my previous home in Calabash, I tried growing them in the ditch for the same reason you stated. The ones down in the ditch weren't happy but the ones I planted higher on the slope did much better. Have you tried irises in the ditch? Down here in Brunswick County, I see many drainage ditches planted with some type of irises that do exceptionally well in wet conditions.

[@mycarolinagarden]

Thank you so much for this great info! I haven't tried irises, but I have some to spare, so I will give it a shot. If those work, maybe I can add the Cannas up a little higher like you said. Thanks again!

[@mabelchavez5953]

I love your videos,thanks

[@mycarolinagarden]

@mabelchavez5953 thank YOU!

[@Eager2BFit]

Hibiscus plants would love it in that sloped area

[@mycarolinagarden]

Oh really? So they like water like that? I never even thought of hibiscus for that spot.

[@Eager2BFit]

@@mycarolinagarden they like wet soil but it needs to be well draining. For the lower portion of the slope, I would put in a french drain so the water can go all the way to the street.

[@JesseDavis]

An option to ditch cannas would be African Iris (specifically the Yellow African iris) - I have had really good luck with them as "walls" of plants along ditches like that. In Africa they spend part of the year submerged in water in the monsoons and then in pretty much desert the other part of the year - so they handle both extremes really well. They are good looking too and produce a lot of flowers with little to zero care here in Houston. As an aside, I live in a really old neighborhood and we have ditch cannas that have just spread themselves around - they "re-wild" and stay small, but otherwise thrive in, basically, abandoned, wild conditions.

[@mycarolinagarden]

I really appreciate this message. I just looked up the African Iris, and it has a really beautiful look. Sounds like a wonderful idea, especially seeing how it handles extremes in terms of water. As for the cannas, mine will get leaves but no flowers at all, toward the bottom of the ditch. They end up looking quite disappointing & messy (whereas I love them in other areas). I am going to try those Irises though. Thanks again!

[@anakarenina9403]

Cannas are my favorites plants! I have maybe 8 or 10 varieties. When the flowers are gone, the little ball are seeds.

[@mycarolinagarden]

They are so easy to love 😊💚

[@darlarodriguez2186]

I've seen canna lilies at Pond stores that carry various marginal, bog, and floating pond plants. I've had a few myself that were already adapted to growing in water in my small garden pond, in a pot with about an inch to two inches of pond water over the crown. So the best place to find a canna that has already been adapted of course to growing in water is a place of business that carries pond plants. In a situation where the water levels will vary like your water run off area...probably as you have experience not a good idea. Stresses the plant out going from moist soil, to wet and back, in my opinion. Enjoyed your video and always a good idea to refresh your memory of the needs of canna lilies. I plan on planting several this year around my pond area, but not on the pond shelf like I've done in years past. These canna lilies won't have wet feet.

[@mycarolinagarden]

Thank you for such a thoughtful response! And you're right, I certainly don't want to put the plants in a situation where they will be stressed. It's amazing how wonderfully the ones that I moved up the bank are doing. Good luck with your new plantings this year!

[@youniishah]

Lovely ❤❤❤

[@mycarolinagarden]

Thank you!

[@patboyle267]

Thanks you for the information it is appreciated 😊 your cannas are beautiful and I was not aware that there are shorter ones. I have a wet area in my yard and what has thrived there has been King Tut plant and Summerific Hibiscus🤷‍♀️

[@mycarolinagarden]

Thanks for your message! Oooo, the King Tut plant looks super cool! I will definitely look into trying that! Thanks again 😃

[@user-bu4jk2jq4l]

I bought a couple of cannas from Walmart yesterday here in Florida.They are in the cannasol series so I guess they are the shorter variety? I want a few of the tall cannas as well, hopefully with the tropicana leaves, I love yours!

[@mycarolinagarden]

I LOVE Cannas 😍 Yes, the cannasol variety should be the shorter ones that'll get just under 2 feet tall. The tall ones with the variegated foliage are the ones I find most interesting, so therefore I have a hard time finding in them nurseries. I would think your selection in Florida would be even better, so I hope you get some beauties this year! They multiply quickly, which is a great bonus!

[@melissalong7874]

You are such a wonderful gardener, you should grow calla lilies

[@mycarolinagarden]

Thank you so much! I'm definitely interested in trying!! 😊

[@Garden-Oasis]

I have a suggestion for you. I know this video is from last year and you’ve probably already moved all of them. But just in case you want to give it a shot. You could try planting them slightly raised in that same ditch. Kind of like in a “w” formation rather than a “v”. It looks like a lack of oxygen in that ditch is your problem, which promotes anaerobic conditions. The water is not so much your problem, I’d say. Try mounding them up at the base of that ditch, so they can draw from the water but their roots will get some oxygen when it hasn’t rained.

[@mycarolinagarden]

I appreciate this so much. I moved most of them, but of course they continue to multiply, so I still have many to experiment with. AND, the ditch continues to be a problem for me to solve. Again, thanks so much.

[@Garden-Oasis]

@@mycarolinagarden my pleasure 😊

[@elizabethr2908]

I grow canna lilies and elephant ears in my koi pond bog waterfall. They are growing in nothing but pea gravel and pond water. They’re really healthy. The fish waste flows through my waterfall bog filter. The cannas and elephant ears are fertilized with the fish waste. Works like nature intended ❤

[@mycarolinagarden]

I love that so much! Sounds like a wonderful environment for them! I think my Cannas want more consistency with the water level, which is why they aren't loving the swale. Your kai pond sounds awesome!

[@simple-steve]

I wonder if the canas in the ditch did not do well because of the runoff of possible herbicides/fertilizers people use on their lawns and making their way into the ditch??

[@mycarolinagarden]

That's entirely possible! After I filmed this video, I moved half of the cannas out of there, but left some, and this year they seem to be stronger (bigger with more blooms). It'll be interesting too see if that trend continues. Thanks for your message!

[@judyanderson8782]

We got free canna lilies and forb2byears I had them in containers. No blooms. Last year I planted them in the ground and they grew 8 ft tall, multiplied and bloomed.we gave many of them away and divided them into 3 other places. The Japanese beetles devaste them.

[@mycarolinagarden]

@judyanderson8782 hmm, I'm not sure if I should love this message or hate it. I'm so glad you had great success with their growth in the ground, but it's sad that the bugs had to wreck things. How frustrating!

[@belindacasillas7338]

we had these canna lillies growing in my back yards 1980s belinda

[@mycarolinagarden]

Awe! I love that. I enjoy them so much.

[@TheresaADiehl]

If you grow them in water you are only supposed to submerge the roots about 2 inches deep, no more.

[@mycarolinagarden]

Ah, good info!

[@melanier4985]

I was mainly looking to see if you can split the bulbs

[@mycarolinagarden]

Oh yes, absolutely! I divide mine up all the time.

[@miriamcruz7773]

Yes you can

[@TanglemireGardens-ni8vz]

I am looking into to water cannas. I have a true water canna which is C. glauca but I have been told that C. stattgart & C. flaccida & they say on the internet that C. cleopatra is supposed to be able to have 2cm of water ove their crowns but I have never tried that canna. Still investigating.

[@mycarolinagarden]

That's interesting. There is always so much to learn. I appreciate your message.

[@robertoe9498]

I got a mango cannova very small latter in July. I placed it in a 14 inch pot and now is almost 4 ft tall. I'm looking for something growing no more than 2 ft. Maybe a pink sunburst.

[@mycarolinagarden]

Oh wow, that's a lot of growth for a 14 inch pot. Right, if you don't want that height, best to try something else. I don't see the variety of Cannas I'd like to at my local nurseries for the most part, but I'm also becoming more picky as I grow my collection 😅 Best of luck to you!

[@robertoe9498]

​@@mycarolinagarden rule of thumb is to plant any specie in a pot with a depth of 1/3 the maximum size the plant will be in the end. So a plant with maximum growth of 48 inches you place it in a pot of 16 inches. Good luck with your cannas Cannas are my backbone after the shrubs hedges together with colocasias.

[@mycarolinagarden]

@@robertoe9498 I appreciate the info! 😊

[@DavidLietz-dp9hr]

Is the soil too acid for them in the low area???

[@googleuser3642]

Do dwarf canna come back every year? I recently bought yellow and orange dwarf canna and wondering if I see them next year too❤

[@mycarolinagarden]

I believe that will depend on what zone you're in, but yes, here in zone 8, all of my cannas come back 😁💚

[@firsttimemommy3735]

Did you soak your roots beforehand in water?

[@mycarolinagarden]

Before I planted them in the swale? No I didn't, and never even thought of it. Someone else happened to mention the same thing today.

[@firsttimemommy3735]

@@mycarolinagarden I thought it would help them hydrate and grow roots better. Maybe I don’t even need to do that. Thank you for the information. I appreciate it.

[@salomeantonmcclellan5067]

Hello, what's the best time to plant lilies? I'm in Wilmington as well

[@mycarolinagarden]

Hi there! Will you be planting lilies from bulbs? If so and you're thinking of the Stargazer, I would do it in early Spring (March). Since it's a later blooming lily (start of Summer and not Spring) that timing should be perfect! If you're planting from a plant, I would also recommend March. Hope this helps! 🙂

[@mycarolinagarden]

If you are talking about Canna Lilies, however, really any time will work. They will start to leaf out once temps stay over 50 degrees consistently.

[@LJH_loves_music]

im in zone 8a can you tell me how you fertilize cannas

[@mycarolinagarden]

I go a general granular fertilizer in very early spring everywhere in my garden, then I use water soluble fertilizer weekly through three growing season