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sandy0225 · 08-12-2010, 05:55 PM

What zone does a normally planted basjoo not require any winter care to come back for say, three years, reliably? I don't mean adding mulch, etc in the winter. I mean just plant it, water and fertilize it and leave it alone over winter.

Here's why...I was thinking it would probably be zone 7. Now I'm in zone 5. When I plant my basjoo a foot deeper, it came back with very minimal mulching. So that got me to thinking--aren't cannas hardy in zone 7? What if I planted a canna plant that was already growing potted a foot deep? Would it bring the conditions from a zone 5 to a zone 7?

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