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03.20.06 ::Better
Luck This Year?
These did not do
nearly as well as I had anticipated last year! The cannas had a hard
summer, and so far this spring I don't see any leaves sprouting.
They put out leaves last year at this time and looked like they were
really going to do well, but then they seemed to stop growing and only
one flower bloomed. I don't understand why, because they did so
well when I transplanted them in 2004 and
I had flowers in the summer.
I planted
them on
the corner next to the street and this spot gets more sun and is dryer
than the rest of the yard. The plants obviously need a lot more water
in order to do well this year. I am thinking about moving them to
another location if they don't come back.
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03.18.05 ::
Sharing
Plants
In our local
paper we have a section called "Come and Get It". This is where
people list things they want to give away for free if you just come by
and
get it. A nice lady had these cannas listed because they were overgrown
in her
garden and she needed help digging them out. So I went and dug up her
free
Cannas!
They
transplanted great. I put them in the ground just hours after
digging them up at her house. I placed them in a semi circle at
the edge
of the property by the street where they will get lots
of sun
and will
grow tall and shield "traffic" from the road near the driveway
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