What tubers are you going to plant soon?

[dukeofdoom]

I pulled out my canna lilies last year, they're waiting in the garage for the last frost date.
In the meantime, I'm thinking of buying more things to plant.

Just curious what kind of tubers everyone is planting?

And if you start them in pots first, before planting them out?

Also, anyone try:

Pineapple lilly
Eucomis comosa 'Oakhurst', zone 7, red foliage...looks interesting.

Purple Crinum Lily, zone 7, grow very large
http://www.plant-care.com/crinum-lily.html

Gingers or other interesting lilies?

[canadianplant]

I always start my Taro early. If i leave them in the ground all winter, i usually grab some from the store and start again. I leave my Alocasia growing indoors all winter (they do quite well). i refuse to by canna rhizome now since ever time I do theyre diseased so i start them from seed. Dahlia and what not arent out for a few more weeks.

[dukeofdoom]

My canna lilies did did not bloom last year, they grew too slowly. I'm up on a hill, and it gets a bit dry in the summer. So I'm thinking of starting them early this year in pots or planting them in a different location.

Unlike all the other plants that I have to bring in and keep in my house, being able to dig the cannas out, and store them overwinter where they take a up very little space is a huge plus. I definitely want to add more plants like this.

[canadianplant]

Taro, Alocasia, Tuberous begonia, caladium, ginger (even the stuff from the store). Im going to get some Dahlia tubors when theyre available and start them inside

[miketropic]

moisture got in to my winter storage and rotted a good portion of what I had put away. Any good storage tips are appriciated for canna or colocasia. I started some canna from seed and have a few colocasia in the prop now. everything else is already growing.

[dukeofdoom]

I've had luck just putting the canna lilies in a plastic bin and keeping them in an unheated garage. I don't water them at all.

[JackLord]

moisture got in to my winter storage and rotted a good portion of what I had put away. Any good storage tips are appriciated for canna or colocasia. I started some canna from seed and have a few colocasia in the prop now. everything else is already growing.

You might try just leaving them in the ground with a thick layer of mulch. Works here in Zone 7 with a modest layer.

[KrisK]

I have started canna 'Stuttgart', hedychium densifloram 'assam orange', hedychium coronarium, hedychium 'dr moy', a curcurma 'home depot', bowl of beauty peony, Dolly Madison Lilly, and some others I don't remember. I have some eucomis 'oakhurst' and eucomis 'freckles' in the ground, from last year. I'm curious if they'll come back or not. We're having December weather, here, in almost March. I'm sick of 40s/20s F. Maybe next week will improve.

Mike, just mulching them as Jack suggested is good advice. I never mulch mine and they always come back crazy. If you must lift the rhizome, I've heard sawdust is a good storage medium. I use Duke's method for my upright EE. Toss the corms (after they're washed and dried) in a bucket in my garage. No light or water. They push a leaf all winter but it never unrolls.

[sidpook]

My canna lilies did did not bloom last year, they grew too slowly. I'm up on a hill, and it gets a bit dry in the summer. So I'm thinking of starting them early this year in pots or planting them in a different location.

Unlike all the other plants that I have to bring in and keep in my house, being able to dig the cannas out, and store them overwinter where they take a up very little space is a huge plus. I definitely want to add more plants like this.

Have you ever left your cannas in the ground. If they are deep enough and close to the house they usually come back. They multiply so readily that even if you lose a few, it isn't a total loss.

[dukeofdoom]

I left a few in the ground last year, but they where near the surface. Will see if anything comes back.
Btw, do you have wait for last frost before planting them out again?