dyzzypyxxy said:I agree with Kate, Wes. I think if you plant that big clump you will get smaller leaves and maybe not as vigorous bloom.
But by all means have fun experimenting - we want to see pictures!
I did intend to play out of curiosity but ended up cutting into 5 or 6 multi eye divisions and putting them in the #25 pot (with more leftover). They are quite close together for their respective sizes but I can always pull 1 or 2 so it's still got "experiment factor" I've got several in the ground and another 35-40 temporarily potted for use anywhere but here! The only ones in the bunch I know for sure are the Tropicannas and Robert Kemp and a particular (dwarf so far) yellow lily-iris blooming variety that came from a commercial "mixed" assortment. None have any real value at this point with various seedlings mixed in. Swap meet noids, to a point. The plants mentioned will be obvious at bloom and I twist tied knowns, color and height to their stalks while they were at their peak. This saving thing makes me feel like a hoarder. I like cannas but I have limited space. It's been a lot of extra work saving last years lot...
I've picked up free unmarked named variety daylilies that got out of hand, same for irises that folks had signs for. The irises were marked with ink pen on soda case boxes that got soaked in the rain. I'm going to end up being one of those people with "free plants" at the end of the driveway...
I've got a rural house nearby and I can certainly use them up there, just no time at the moment. I can say last years cannas produced a real bumper crop of potential. Those box store packages always suited me fine with maybe one 3 eye division in the lot, I'll never have to drop 6 bucks on one of those again, lol.
Already noticing growth on the unattended bare divisions sitting in the garage minus root production.
My storage method was highly unconventional but it worked. Loss was perhaps 10 divisions? More on that another time, it's late and I've got tree mail to tend to.
