Annie6078OH

I'm afraid I have not tried leaving cannas or elephant ears in-ground over winter, as they are so easy to lift and I'm afraid to lose them to our crazy winters here ... too much freezing/thawing/heaving in heavy clay soil. If I did try, I'd probably mulch several inches, cover with a tarp at least a foot wider than the bulbs, as I tried my 4' tall basjoos outside last winter with a chicken wire cage filled with tightly-packed straw covered with a tarp. Lost the p-stem, but got 3 new shoots from the corm that grew beautifully this season.

Would you please be kind enough to stop back come spring and let me know how your EEs/cannas fare in your overwintering experiment? Although pretty easy, I'd love to not have to mess with them at all ... I probably should have left one of each in to experiment with myself ... duh!

Thanks!
Andrea