Beginners guide to Canna lily propagation | Dividing the tubers 

You are so welcome! And thank you for your lovely and encouraging comment.

Thank you for your lovely comment and support. Most of Kenya has red soil except up in the north and coastal region. Nice to know that we share the same soil, thanks for sharing.

Me too, love them!

Thanks for sharing. Will definitely try it out..such a simple remedy. Thank you so much

Can you pour it into the soil or do we just spray it on the leaves and flowers?

Dividing cannas is actually good for the plant and you should not feel afraid. By dividing you give them room to grow and not to compete for water and nutrients. Just dig up the clump, separate the rhizomes and clean out the dead bits and then plant. The beauty of cannas is that they are fast growing. Good luck and Happy gardening.

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Hi, Great they are so easy to propagate and we all love them.

Thanks for sharing Natialia, we all love Canna and enjoy yours. Thank you for following our channel.

thank you

So sad about your Cannas. The beauty about Cannas they do grow very fast and in no time, you will be able to compensate for your loss.

Same here Lara! Such a delight. Hope found the episode useful.

Thank you, beautiful. Glad you love Cannas

Glad it was helpful! All the best with the Cannas. And thank you for following my channel. Many greetings from Kenya.

Thanks Ogo for subscribing and enjoy your Cannas

Thank you dear. I love Cannas and its great that you share the love for Cannas with your friends and family. Spreading the love. Happy gardening.

Thanks for sharing, I actually started to Zap my mealy etc with a mixture of pepper and garlic mixed with soapy water and it works. Thought I should also introduce this method in one of my episode. Thanks again, and thanks for sharing.

Thanks Cynthia

So encouraging ! I have had so many gardeners wanting more depth on Cannas. Am releasing an all round Canna video this week. Be sure to watch it.

Thank you, place them in a sunny position in order to promote the blooms

Thank you, so encouraging. Sending greeting from Kenya and thank you for following my channel.

You are so welcome!

the green and yellow striped one, you call a Bengal Tiger, I believe is also known as a Pretoria. I planted some for the first time this year and I am very excited to see the out come. they add a much needed color variation to my garden.

@@peterstefenel896 i have Canna Cleopatra. Gorgeous plant

@@normagertz9055 my Cleopatra's started blooming, 3 days ago. yes that variety is fabulous.

Thanks Margie, glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for following our channel.

Cannas are always great in the garden.

I am sure your Mum will enjoy them. Thank you for following our channel.

Totally agree

Thank you Elaine. Check out the other Canna lilies information on my channel playlist. Thank you for following.

Great news..I just love Cannas

Yes will do, thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks for the info...thanks for sharing

Thanks John, thank you for following our channel.

Thank you, I really appreciate.

Thanks Rebecca for following our channel, enjoy your lovely Canna.

Yes ! I am glad I helped

Thank you Chris!

Thank you for sharing...yes propagation is the way to go.

Hi thanks for sharing.Yes you can divide it and replant it. Cannas have Rhizomes which are underground stems which is where the shoots pop out. For as long as you water the plant( they are thirsty plants) they will producing more shoots. It is also advisable to lift and divide Cannas as the roots do spread fast and can get congested during the growing season. I would suggest you enjoy your lovey Cannas for the time being.

Hi Ruth, glad that the episode helped. Enjoy your Cannas

Thank you

Hi Barbara Sorry to hear about the wilting. Cannas love water, keep watering the plant. Make sure you water the soil as sometime sprinklers don't actually get the water in the ground, as you get a runoff from the leaves. Take a hose and soak the soil directly next to the canna. Let me know in a few weeks if it picks up

I feel for you in the Western states! The drought and wild fires are making life miserable for you folks. I hear people are actually STEALING water out in California now? God help us. Please take care..... From northern Illinois.

It must look so dramatic in your garden. Nice! Happy gardening

Thank you Casey

Welcome aboard! Thanks for following our channel.

Great if you have any queries please get back to me

Hi thanks for watching my channel, very grateful. With regards to the eye plant it with the rhizome under the soil.

Thanks for the suggestion, I will follow up on that. With the Canna lily it took roughly 2 months to see the sprout and from there the plant took off. Rhizomes are great and the same method of division can be used for Heliconias and Alpinias. I have noted and will do an episode on the above. Thanks so much

@@redsoilgardener So excited for an update on your mystery cannas. Directly following this wonderful video, I subscribed and went on a search for an update video. I too am very interested in seeing the color of your mystery cannas. Blessings! 🙏🏼🌷

Thank you for following our channel. Will do.

They should do well in a pot. I would plant a cluster together to make it more dramatic. Just remember it grows in clumps so get a big pot as the rhizome will continue to have babies.

@@redsoilgardener Thank you!!!!!!

Two months ago I grew my Cannas in pots will post on Instragram a photo of the Cannas. When I did grow them we were in our summer season

I posted my potted Canna on my instagram page

I have grown my dwarf canna in a pot for three years. This year it threw a stalk with four flower clusters. I bring the pot indoors for the winter and it blooms again between Christmas and the end of January.

Hi Donna apologises for late response...It is actually a Tropicana and it flowered orange. Thanks for following our channel.

@@redsoilgardener Thank you.

Yes you can cut the rhizomes and replant. Is it a single Canna or is it many together, so that you have sufficient number of rhizomes ?

thanks colour is so imortant

Glad it was helpful!

So nice to know that you enjoyed the episode. Greetings from Kenya.

Thank you

Thanks so much Craig!

Hi Mandy, we love Cannas as they shower us with colours, which is so uplifting. Well done, I love the idea of using them in problem areas. Thank you so much for sharing.

Can they be propagate from a leaf? Thank you!

@@Tashvaldez not that I've ever known about. They have lots of seed pods at the top when it blooms. One single stalk may have 20 seeds. They look like little round black balls. I often dig down to the roots and chop off a few of the tubes/shoots, I'm not sure if that's the correct term or not but I just take the pieces and put them in the ground wherever I want to grow them.

@@redsoilgardener mine bloom red and yellow flowers but I've seen other colors while driving and I always consider knocking on their door and asking if I can have a piece of theirs but I always chicken out. 🐔 😊

@@mandyt1918 yes I would 🐔 out as well

Thanks Donna

Thank you

Hi Canna lilies need a well drained soil and full sun. When watering the canna make sure you water the roots and not from above. The leaves are a bit waxy so the water just slides off and therefore you lose the water. Have a look at our episode on "How to increase your blooms and storing the Canna lily during the winter months" . I covered pruning of flowers and foliage. Thank you so much for following our channel.

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Thank you!

Thanks and welcome

Thank you

Maria thanks hope your Cannas doing well. Sorry for the late response. I realised that that the trees in "My Happy Place " we not giving enough sun for the Cannas so decided to prune the trees and most of my Cannas got crushed...thats the reason for late response.. sorry for that... eventually found the beautiful red Canna and have revived it, will be post it on instagram and we can follow the growth and eventually the colour of the bloom.

Thank you for sharing. With regards to flowering, make sure its in full sun. Enjoy Your "African Sunset" and the summer.

Plant it as the babies come from the rhizome so you dont need to scab the roots. Remember Cannas love hot sun

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it was helpful!

Hi Joanne sorry for late response. With the canna seeds I would sow the seeds indoors around this time of the year. Ask at the garden center if they have a germination medium for propagation. I would not risk planting the seeds outdoors as the weather at the moment seems quite erratic and as this is your first venture we want a success story. With overwinter preparations in zone 7 - 10 they can be left outside in the ground over winter. But this should only be done in areas where the ground does not freeze. If the rhizome freezes it will get damaged and you may lose your plant. The alternative is to store the Canna and their dug up rhizomes in the basement etc. When planting Cannas always remember the soil has to be well draining. This applies for indoor and outdoor. The reason being that the rhizome is susceptible to root rot. I hope i have answered your questions. Good Luck with your lovely Cannas

Hi Cannas are beautiful, mine flowered orange, I plan to get more colours, I saw a Canna with pink flowers and it looked stunning

Suzie try this : 4 cloves of garlic and large onion plus 2 teaspoons of chilli. Blend it in a blender. Once blended add two large coffee cups of water, plus a teaspoon of liquid soap and mix. Leave it overnight. if you find it too concentrated, you could dilute a bit more with water ( in total about a litre). Keep me posted on the results. Merry Xmas!

Hi Lee, propagation can be done during spring as the weather gets warmer. Propagation works better when there is warmth and humidity. Do you store your Canna over winter?

Hi Neem is organic and I prefer it because I have dogs. With Neem you will have to repeat the application every 2 weeks until the Rust or other infestation is eradicated. Also remember that Rust is a fungus and thrives in places where there is a lack of circulation and humidity. So by removing some of the foliage and allowing air to circulate will help. In addition, try watering the soil and not the leaves will also help. People do use fungicide and it does get rid of Rust very quickly.

Hi Haley, it could be a Tropicanna. Take a leaf to a garden center and see if they can identify the Canna. Good luck with selling you Cannas

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Hi I live in Nairobi Kenya. By adding compost in the soil it will help retain water and also to make it well draining. You can then add mulch over the soil and as it degrades this could also make your soil more porous.

@@redsoilgardener Yes. I understand. Thank you!

Thank you

During the winter so dig them out and store them. However, part of the Cannas life cycle is that the rhizomes need to be planted in soil after dormancy period unlike bulbs, which can survive without moisture. If not planted the rhizome will dry out and die.

Canna's need full sun in order for it to bloom. Move it to where it get s sun

Yep...I live in Ontario Canada and have the same question...The cannas are tall and hearty as well as the leaves but with only small flowers that seem to bloom late in the season..

@@chriskowalski7038 Hi Chris! I live in Brockville, ON. Same problem (?) of small late blooming flowers on very robust plants. I've been growing them 4 years now, always with the same result. Rhizomes multiply like crazy, so no question that they are healthy. Maybe flower size is just a trait of the variety? Either way, humming birds love them, so I'll just try adding new varieties.

Hi do the leaves have a brownish orange colour on some leaves and then they turn brown? . If so take a closer look and see if there are any spores at the back. If so it could be "rust", a fungal infection. Otherwise it could also be over watering or under watering. I would also advise you to take a leaf to a garden center and get some advice.

Hi, the height depends on the variety. As the stalks determine the height. And the flowers come from the stalk. If you cut the stalks then you will not get the blooms. Check with your garden centre as there are dwarf varieties of Cannas. Also very pretty.

Hi Toia I would suggest you transfer the Cannas in soil the propagation is faster. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Vanessa for subscribing and the encouragement.

Sorry for the late reply... It flowered orange, this is for the canna with maroon leaves.

Hi behind me is the Abutilon plant. The leaves look grey I think form the filming. Its a beautiful scrub comes in pink, yellow, orange and bi-colour. Thank you for asking.

@@redsoilgardener Thank you. Your videos are lovely!

Hi I uprooted most of the plants from my garden. But the one with the maroom stripped I saw in the roadside nursery and got tempted.

Hi Emma, if you plan to collect seeds it also best to find out whether your variety does produce seeds. I have found that my red variety blooms and doesn't produce seeds. The best time to start your seed germination earlier in winter if you have a warm environment to kick start the germination. However, Spring can work as its warmer and it is the growing season in the northern hemisphere. The pod is hard, you could soak them in water and wait for it to germinate or file the hard coat until the white flesh is visible and then plant it directly in soil ( I have never tried this method). Keep me posted. I would be interested to know which method you plan to try and how the germination worked. Happy Gardening and good luck.

Yes and amazing flowers, thanks for following our channel

Beautiful thanks for sharing

Hi Deborah, thanks for sharing. For the chilli / garlic spray, Get one large chilli or 3 teaspoon of dry chilli flakes (or a large chilli) and one bulb of garlic, add about half a cup of water and 20ml of dish washing liquid put it through a mixer. Transfer into a glass jar and leave it overnight to marinade. To use mix to a ratio 1:10. to water if the infestation is bad you can increase the ration of chilli garlic to water. Keep me posted if it works for you.

Those brown spots could be a Rust.. Cannas' are susceptible to Rust which is a fungus. It can infect other plants. Take a sample of your leaf to the local nursery and get it analysed

@@redsoilgardener thank you for your help it has spread to my Green leaf as well.

Thank you for sharing David.

Hi your recipe sounds really delicious but as I not aware of the use of the Canna leaves in food, I can not confirm or recommend.