Red Cannas To Trade

[vfem]

If anyone is interested I have dozens of these 'bulbs' and 'seeds' from some solid red cannas.

I do not like them... sorry, but I don't!

I am moving a few from bulbs out to the pond, and I saved the seeds (they are cool little dark black pellets). I am willing to trade with anyone who may want them.

I would like tulips, calla lilies or crocus in return. Maybe even more Iris?!

Right now the Cannas are in the front yard all over the place, and I prefer to have Tulips scatters around instead in those spots. I don't really have much use for tropical plants with my tastes.

 

[Greensage45]

Awesome offering,

I am so happy to be full of lovely cannas right now, but since cannas and thinning go hand in hand I can relate to having to distribute them in bulk to get rid of them. Typically what I do with the bulb, since they are heavy and can be bulky, is run a local ad in Craigslist. I love it when a new family or gardener pulls up and we get to shovel them into their car LOL.

As for the seeds, these should be put in baggies and thrown in that basket for future gifts. Canna seeds keep forever! Seriously they do. I would set some aside for that off-chance someone comes along in a few years and wishes they had a canna, especially as lovely as a red one!

The reason I chimed in was I am thinking you have enormous canna beds and they just took over on you. Sorry, my imagination gets the best of me. LOL. I am sure you will be Cannaless soon <smile>.

Take care, I really would consider Craigslist, they would be gone before the weekend is over.

Ron

 

[vfem]

You couldn't be so wrong! LOL

I was given a BOX of canna bulbs late winter early spring and I was told they were Calla Lilies.... so my stupid rear went right out and planted 1/2 the box in a matter of 4 hours. All over none the less!!!

Then they came up... then I was like :/ ... and now I'm like.... its going to take forever to rip them all up!!!

BUT THEY MUST GO!!!!!!!!!!



But I am going to hold on to the seeds, they seem to grow and should be treated like Lotus seed.... and I went through a lot last year trying to grow a lotus! What an experience.... and I would LOVE to try that again this year if I could.

 

[Greensage45]

OHHH No!

I cannot believe the luck. Have you mentioned this to your friend?

Just this Spring a friend of mine called and asked if I wanted Society Garlic. This in my mind would mean the purple flowering ornamental which is not a garlic. I go to her house and it is a 15 foot bed along the side of the house infiltrated with burmuda grass, and it appeared she was starving the soil without water to eradicate one or the other.

I spent the afternoon going through the bed and clearing all bulbs (just the dried from the previous season), and the grass. In the end i had a 5 gallon bucket of shriveled bulbs..but they had a tip of green to them. She got a free bed cleaning! So finally they grew, and now bloomed LOL, they are just simply garlic chive. Cute yes, but not at all what I would have wanted to achieve in this bed, and I do already have enough garlic chive. I told her and she reminded me they were free, and I laughed and told her what was free was her bed-cleaning. Needless to say she adores me and I adore her, she has some awesome Orange Iris that I am going to barter for next!

OMG, I still can see your situation as being far worse, at least garlic chive and Society garlic grow to roughly the same height and all...removal for me will be a breeze.

Love your friends and remember the good times LOL...then make them Pay! Bless their hearts for trying to help.

Ron

 

[bgelber]

Do you still have any? I don't like them very much but I have a hill on the new farm that is bare and crying for something for erosion control.. and I'm thinking these might work nicely.

Don't even suggest a evergreen, I hate those things with a passion.

:rose

 

[vfem]

I do still have them, but I would suggest a good thriving hardy plant over these for a job like that. Cannas come up late in the season, and I don't think they would really be very filling for the space.

Plus, you will probably have to start the seeds inside and transplant?!

Have you thought about maybe a self sewing flower like cone flower or black eyed susan that would stay hardy?!