gypsywannabe

If you do have to prune them, please don't prune them into ball shapes. Try to keep a natural shape to them by pruning the longest "arms" first to a length shorter than the short ones. Rhodos have a lovely shape naturally and those, like the forsythias, should never be pruned with hedge clippers.

THE ONES LABELED AS "HARDY" ARE SUPPOSEDLY PERENNIAL. I HAVE never HAD ONE WINTER OVER BUT HAVE SEEN OTHER GARDENS WITH mums that obviously have been there for years.

Thanks Lavender.

After I pull them, do I leave them in dirt? water through the winter? Dry them and out them in a paper bag? I don't want to ruin them. I DO LOVE THEM!

The cannas have to be pulled and the tuber dried over the winter, correct?

Altho, in front of the cath church in Punxy there are 2 square gardens cut out of the front walkway and there seem to be more and more cannas in there each summer when I walk by.

Do you think they pull them and they are still multiplying?

thanks, Bon, for leaving some for me...I was there about 1 or so.  

I went there as well and got some rose bushes, rhododendrons, mums, pincushions and a white hydrangea that has a pointy type flower that has a slight blush to it. I hope it grows. i'm very curious to see what it will look like with some food and pruning next year.

Did any of you see the prices of these at Lowe's? YIKES!