Masters of landscape design are able from scratch to create a charming flower bed with many beautiful plants. But not everyone then will master the care of all these flowers, which have their own peculiarities of maintenance and care. Therefore, beginners are advised to choose for planting in the open ground the most unpretentious and resistant to disease plants - for example, canna.
These flowers have no flavor, but this is compensated by their high decorative. High straight stem, oblong leaves of dark green color and asymmetric flowers of bright shades - red, pink, yellow, orange - make cannes bright and remarkable colors.
Before buying the seedlings, decide on the variety. The most common among them are "The Gift of Crimea", "Salute of Victory", "Livadia", "Sunny Beauty", "Reflection of Gold", "President".
Cannes - planting and care in the spring
A perfect place for planting cannes will be a sheltered from the winds sunny place. The soil of the flower bed should be loose, light and rich in nutrients.
Propagate canals both by seeds and by division of rhizomes. The latter method is simpler, so if you are new to floriculture, it is recommended that you use it. The tuber of canna is divided in such a way that each part contains one large or several small kidneys and is planted under a greenhouse. This is done in early March at home - this sprouting gives a guarantee that the canna will bloom this summer. Sprinkle sand with sand and sprinkle with warm water. Adult plants are planted in small pots, so that before planting they are well strengthened.
Landing canna in the open ground usually occurs in the second half of May, and further care for the flower consists in watering, fertilizing and combating weeds .
Caring for canna in summer and autumn
If you are engaged in growing cane in the garden, then care for these flowers should be appropriate. Unlike the room conditions, here you have to spray cans, loosen soil under them and feed them.
Immediately after planting flowers are abundantly watered in the amount of 1 bucket per plant. The liquid should be warm - 20-25 ° C. Cannes love moisture, so in the future the soil under them should be constantly wet. However, this does not mean that the flower should be "poured" - this is fraught with decay of the rhizome.
As for feeding, they are required only 2-3 per season, provided that the planting was carried out in already prepared soil, enriched with compost, humus, wood ash, etc. The fertilizing can be foliar (spraying leaves with a solution of trace elements), or as a liquid fertilizer solution of chicken manure or nitroammofoski.
Flowering canna lasts from 90 to 130 days. It depends on the time of disembarkation and weather conditions in the summer. Faded inflorescences need to be cut with a sharp pruner, without letting them tie fruit, otherwise new inflorescences will not appear.
In autumn, after flowering, canvass irrigation should be gradually reduced to a minimum, and then high-browed flowers to protect the root collars from the first frosts. As soon as the temperature drops to 0 ° C, trim the stems to 15-20 cm, and dig up the roots of the canna and move them along with the clod of earth to where they will winter. This can be a box on the balcony or in the basement, where the temperature is maintained at 6-8 ° C.
Cannes are resistant to diseases, but are often affected by pests - aphids , cabbage whites, red mites. With them you need to fight with the help of insecticides, spraying plants at the first signs of damage. And you can do otherwise: before planting, dip the tubers into the solution of "Aktara", and then the pests will bypass your flowers side.