Cannas still going!

Last year I grew cannas for the first time, starting with just a couple of 'Tropicana' rhizomes that I got in a trade and adding a mid-summer bargain with Canna 'Paton'. This year due to the expanding nature of Cannas I had more Tropicana and Paton plants -- I think the number of 'Paton' in my yard tripled -- and I added Canna 'Wyoming', the "regular" green-leaved canna, and this Canna indica 'Madeira':

They've really surprised me, flowering for very long stretches of the summer and fall, and some of them are still going strong today!

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I've got at least five cannas still in bloom, possible more, so here's a look at the beauty that these care-free plants are providing me with on this chilly autumn day:

Most of these will be dug up (if in-ground) or removed from their pots and stored in the garage for the winter once the frost kills the foliage, but I think I'll experiment with just mulching over some of the in-ground ones, leaving them in place. If we have as mild a winter as we did last year they will do fine, and even with a typical winter the better-sited ones can survive that way I think.

I haven't made up my mind yet though, as I'd hate to lose some of these -- I'm not yet quite overrun with canna rhizomes.

I think I will be after next year though, which is a good thing, right?

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