Can you plant red canna bulb in wi zone 4?? P.S What do they look like?? Got these from a friend?

First time planting bulbs. I received bulbs as a gift. How do you plant??? Water??? Generally take care of??

Can you plant red canna bulb in wi zone 4?? P.S What do they look like?? Got these from a friend?
Yes, you can. But you need to dig them up in the fall, as they will die that far north if left in the ground through the winter.





Plant them about 6 inches down. Most likely your %26quot;bulb%26quot; or corm, will be a long-ish thing, much like a fresh ginger root (which you may know about if you%26#039;re a cook). Lay them horizontally in the ground, with the little growing tips (if there are any), up.





Water after planting. Then, forget about it, unless there is a long drought. They will come up and bloom of their own accord, and they don%26#039;t need any special tending.





In the fall, dig it up. You can even wait until the first frost nips the plant parts above ground. Cut off everything above ground, dig up the root (which should now be a good twice as big as when you planted it - if not more so). Put it in a brown paper bag in a cool dry place for the winter. A cellar, or an attached garage. Someplace that doesn%26#039;t get below freezing.





Replant the following spring a couple weeks before your last frost date.
Reply:What %26quot;Cat%26quot; said. Canna are not winter hardy and because they are rather shallow rooted, it would be rare that they would last a zone-4 winter.





S/he makes a good point about the choice of storage. Don%26#039;t just set them in newspaper or a paper bag in a storage shed or garage where they might freeze.





Good luck. Canna are beautiful flowering plants and will grow 4-6 feet in a season. You might even be able to get them to set out new corms and multiply your plantings.
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http://www.garden.org/zipzone/



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