Barb,
Your palm hut should be good for another two winters, you know it's going to pick up the pace with all the spoiling your giving it. Hope your painting it the color of the house.

All this protection talk is making me nervous 😉

Bill

Hey Bill are you feeling better?
Looking forward to seeing that GH... 😀

PS--nope, painting it green...pale yellow would've been too tough to cover OSB, it's like glued sawdust.
👿

I'm starting to feel a little bit better, it knocked me back pretty good. I actually went to the doctor on Friday to get a antibiotic. To much work to be done to be laying around.

I'll post pictures as soon as it's up. It's not going to be all that impressive it's just a 15' hoop that I'm going to jack the height up. The impressive part will be all the palms stuffed into it.

Bill

The impressive part will be all the palms stuffed into it.

Bill

Yup!

Yay it's up! 😀 I know how you feel Barb, but we'll be glad when any unexpected weather hits. I LOVE your hut! I'd love a door on mine!

Your Trachy is beautiful! Lovely trunk on it too. She obviously loves the outdoors!

Heidi

Heidi,
that's great.
W and I are still designing our new Chameadorea hut. Wish we were as far along as you and Barb. --Erik

Bill - were you really sick? sorry to hear, I was just reading this thread and noticed Barb's well wishes. If it was anything like my 5 yr. old had last week, I am empathize! Being sick is no fun, glad to hear you're on the mend. Take it easy in the yard, I know it's hard but you don't want it to backfire 😮

Erik- H still has to build the second palm hut, so I'm not REALLY out of the woods yet. I'm also still trying to figure out what to do with my Cannas...leave them in or dig them up (Barb? You might know since you know Vancouver!)

I'm trying to get caught up on some threads, sorry if I'm a bit out of the loop these days. With a sick girl (better now) and getting back into our routine doesn't leave me much with computer time.

Heidi

I don't think I was ever on the computer when my daughter was a youngster.
Amazing you can find any time at all Heidi; glad your little one is better.

Lots of Vancouverites leave their cannas in the ground especially if they're near a structure and benefit from that microclimate.
Depends how old yours are...if it's a big clump that can use dividing now (versus spring), maybe do it now.
Especially if Vancouver gets the forecasted la Nina cold.

Cannas like to be divided every few years so this might be the year to divide them in the Fall, into 1 gall pots to be kept in the garage?
I did mine last week, and placed pots into the cold building, where they'll get no water for at least two months (and then only sparingly after that).
It's always interesting to leave one small division in the ground to see how it fares.

I'm leaving my lavender dividing until spring, seem more brittle this time of year.

Won't we all laugh if we have a mild one?

Thanks for the well wishes Barb. I'm pretty lucky to have a little one who's easy going enough for me to find a couple of moments during the day for a little break. 🙂

All of my Cannas were planted this year and some probably could use a division. I do have quite a microclimate going, so maybe I'll leave them in to see what happens. But then I don't want to lose them ALL...so maybe I'll divide a couple of them now and pot them up in case. It's all trial and error isn't it...my favorite catch phrase these days.

I had 2 lavender and one of them I got rid of...it was so scraggly and woody, I wasn't dividing it or pruning it, but at the time I didn't have any clue about gardening. I might baby the other one and start again with one more next year.

And WOULDN'T that be a head shaker if we ended up with a mild year - UGH! 🙄

Everyoe seems to be under the weather in one way or another. MY back has been out for 2 weeks almost.....

Hill.... Most canna are hardy to zone 7B. The only thing that i can think of to worry about, is the moisture. Too much will make em rot. IF i were you, id dig up half, and keep half in the ground. At least then, if worse comes to worse, youll have soem in the house..

im trying to overwinter some canna outside this winter as a trial.... never know 😈

Everyoe seems to be under the weather in one way or another. MY back has been out for 2 weeks almost.....

Hill.... Most canna are hardy to zone 7B. The only thing that i can think of to worry about, is the moisture. Too much will make em rot. IF i were you, id dig up half, and keep half in the ground. At least then, if worse comes to worse, youll have soem in the house..

im trying to overwinter some canna outside this winter as a trial.... never know 😈

Thanks Canadianplant, I'm going to do just that - keep some inside. I thought of covering with plastic to keep the moisture out, we'll see what happens. Hope your back is better soon! No fun with a bad back either! 😥

Heidi

No problem at all. Ive read about quite a few people over wintering canna there. The way i look at it is, if you can successfuly grow a trachy, or a cordyline unprotected, canna should be fine, especialy in the right location. Barb had a very good suggestion by saying they have a better chance nnext to a structure, or under a tree.

Im not sure how platic will work..... i used it to over winter my bamboo, dispite beinga bit wet, it came out fine:D. If you have a ton of canna, why not try some with plastic, or leaves, or burlap, buckets etc.... see what works best....

My sister is growing Cannas in North Yourk, Toronto. I've planted them 6 years ago very close to the house wall. They are still alive. By the way never any protection stuff have been using at all.

thanks for the input igor.glukhovtsev 🙂

Heidi