Collecting or Harvesting Canna Lily Seeds - Growing Canna as a House Plant MyBackYardScience

This video shows how to collect or harvest canna lily seeds to be used to grow for the next season. Note that not all types of canna yield seeds that will germinate. From my experience and research, seeds from most hybrid varieties that have been bred for certain characteristics will not germinate. Only what is considered standard or wild varieties will produce new plants from seeds. My guess is that this is intentional to protect the investment of the breed owner, but I'm not sure of this. However, the hybrid plants may produce plentiful new plants by lifting and splitting the rhizomes ( I'll have another video for that). Rhizomes are like an underground stem that spreads and produces new sprouts for the plant. These also store energy produce "eyes" that will sprout new plants in the spring. I am not a gardening expert. I'm sharing my experience in gardening. The things I describe worked for me and I can not guarantee they will for everyone. That is the beauty of growing canna lilies. They are the perfect plant for the person with a "brown thumb". You can get amazing results with very little knowledge and care. I would love to hear feedback from anyone with expertise or differing experience - please comment. For reference, we are in growing zone 6. Canna Lilies are not considered hardy in zone 6, meaning they likely will not survive the winter and grow back in the spring. That does not mean that all will perish. For me, some cannas that were located near the house foundation grew back in the spring. This is probably because the heat loss through the foundation kept the soil from freezing. These areas were also long existing planting areas, so the soil quality in these areas probably drains better than other planting areas on the property. This would help reduce the likelihood of rot.