Get Monty Don Overwintering Cannas Background. Canna lilies are tropical plants and don't like freezing weather. The garden at this time of year perfectly reflects this sometimes contradictory combination.
How to overwinter your plants and garden.
Tropical plants such as cannas, elephant ears, and caladium have underground structures called tubers, which can be dug up and successfully over wintered, then replanted in the spring. If you do this during the overwintering period, you can give the plant a small to moderate amount of water and a third of the liquid fertiliser quantity that you would. Follow monty don's video guide on using cannas in borders here, monty don explains how to overwinter tender cannas, along with dahlias and cosmos: If you wish to contact me please do so via my website info@montydon.com as i do not answer dm's.
