It is a beautiful and popular perennial flower, decorating many flower beds and pre-house areas. What are the varieties of plant canna, planting and care in the open ground, the rules of wintering the flower - that's what the beginning floriculturist should know.
Cannes garden - planting and care
Garden flowers canna have many varieties - the most common of which are:
- deciduous cane;
- canza Crozie;
- cannae are orchid.
All varieties of canna grow beautifully and bloom in the middle latitudes, their planting and care in the open ground is not at all different. For this, plants should choose a bright sunny and not windy place in the garden. The soil must be well-treated, loosened and nutritious. In ordinary chernozem is to mix sand and peat, so the flowers will feel much better.
When to plant cannes in the open ground in the spring?
Cold air is disastrous for this flower, so planting canna in the spring in the ground is strictly after the end of frost, that is, at a time of year when you are already certain that there will be no more frost, and the plant does not risk freezing. In warmer latitudes this is around the middle of April, in a cooler climate - in the middle, or better even at the end of May.
How to prepare canna for planting in spring?
The preparation of canna for planting in the spring is as follows:
- At the end of February we carefully examine the tubers. If suddenly they formed dry or rotten areas, cut them, place the sections are treated with charcoal.
- Next, we divide the rhizomes by the number of eyes in a maximum of 5 parts.
- Then we plant rhizomes in pots, where the roots of the plant germinate.
- After the appearance of the first leaves of the plant you can dive and wait for warm weather.
Caring for open air cannes
Caring for canna in spring and summer in the open ground does not mean anything complicated:
- timely and abundant watering;
- weed removal;
- fertilizing once a month with mineral fertilizers .
Cannets are very tall, but they do not need a bandage - their stems are very hard and strong. Everyone is looking forward to when the plant blooms, but the first inflorescences of canna should be removed - this will help the flower to take root well in the open ground. Dead Cannes flowers are important to remove immediately. When the cooling starts, the canna should be about 10 cm high.
With the onset of frost, the leaves of canna begin to turn black, and just at this time it is necessary to excavate the plant from the ground and prepare it for storage. The stems of the flower are cut almost to the root, the medium is treated with fungicides. We do not need to remove the earth from the roots, we dry them well and place them in a paper bag or a box for winter storage. Store canes in a cool and dry place.
When do canoes in the open ground bloom?
Blooming is the most welcome moment in growing flowers, and cannes are no exception. When does canana flower in the garden, if planting and care in the open ground is carried out according to all the rules? This is affected by many factors - humidity and air temperature, moisture intake, lighting. In more northern areas, canna can not blossom because of a too short and cool summer.
If the landing of canna in the open ground was made in May, and the plant was already large in size, in a favorable environment the flower stalk may appear in a month, in June. But there are different kinds of canna - early and late, some of them may bloom towards the end of summer, so do not worry if you do not see the beginning of flowering in the months following the planting.
Why can flowers not bloom in the open ground?
There are several possible reasons why canoes do not bloom in the open. Some of them are easily removable, it is difficult to deal with others.
- Shortage of sunlight. Cannes should grow in the sun, make sure that nothing shadows them during the day.
- Too poor soil. The soil should be loose and moderately moist, the problem can be solved by regular feeding.
- Overfeeding. The abundance of fertilizers can also lead to the fact that the plant does not bloom.
- Wind or draft. Try to make a fence around canna.
- Too late landing. If you planted a cana late, it may not be able to bloom before frost.