they always recomend fileing them(which is not very easy)& can be purchased pre-filed.And pre soaking or pouring boiled water over them.But if are fresh canna seeds you can pot them up and keep in full sun& keep moist& they will sprout.I've sowed a bunch of my seeds this year& they've came up fine.I need to thin my canna corral out as they are still sprouting& getting quiet crowded.they will bloom the 1st year& will be different from the parent plant.Not all cannas set seed.some are seed setters some are not.My canna journeys end does not set every bloom I got 3 seeds from the 1st bloom& none from the 2nd& 3rd.so far looks like ahve 2 pods this round& ones very fat.

I keept the pot moist like watering it a few times a day&I did try 3 in ground by porch a few feet away& they've came up.but the soil is not rich there.



yes.1 is purple leafed.I also have a very tall purple leafed canna that sets seeds.It may be one of last years seeds.I was still thrilled.Though i love my purple canna and it grows 7 ft plus.It blooms later in season.

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i have some yellow canan seeds and ive files rubbed on rock,everything but shoot them,cant break that outer coating,what do i need to do.

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well i have a red canna and it dont have any seeds,its purple leafed,it developes a pod thatw red when the flower is gone but it dont have any seeds,and the hummering birds just love it.

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That's it, Tonya, and it will get larger so let it completely dry on the stem before you cut it off. There will be several large black seeds in each pod. The one you have pictured may be the only one for that particular stem but they usually make several pods so let it grow to see what happens.

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I got my 1st seedling bloom.looks to be they'll bloom in 90 days? or in that range.


My russian reds are still getting taller.I love them!But they take like 4 EVER to bloomBut are still quiet tall 7 ft already& still going.

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Very nice, njoynit! I have some yellow Cannas too but they are the dwarf variety. I really don't have the yard for the bigger ones!

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Here's that russian red canna blooming at night.I had let the dog out& it had opened.So back for the camera I went while my dog did her thing.





yes its over 8 ft tall.The roots are shaded so imagine that helps alot,plus is well fertilized being a neighbor brug gets plenty.

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I have a dwarf.Lucifer.It grows about 18 inches.You would find it in my yahoo photos.2003 albulm.It does not multiply rapidly like the other cannas either.

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Anyone willing to part with some seeds? I had a canna but it didn't come back.

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I read in one my books that when you start one from seed it takes about 6 months before it will bloom...So if yours only took 90 days then you did great. They can be started indoors about a month before spring, then set out when the night time temps are 50-60 degrees at night.

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You are right I am sure the Texas sun/heat had something to do with the faster progress of your canna seeds...LOL the rest of us just have to wait longer.

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