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Planting cannas is super easy and so rewarding when their big, beautiful blooms are rocking your flowerbeds all summer long. The first step is pick an area of that receives at least four hours of direct sunlight.  Cannas easily grow in full or partial sun, as long as they receive a minimum of four hours of direct, unfiltered sun.  Morning...

What is the correct term for cannas?  Are they rhizomes?  Are they bulbs?  We are often asked what is the correct way to refer to cannas in bare root form.  Cannas are commonly referred to as a bulb although they are not a true bulb.  Cannas multiply beneath the soil from a fattened extension of the stalk called a rhizome...

Carnegie Farm's Canna Lilies   A big thank you to farmflavor.com for including us in their 2017 edition of Oklahoma Agriculture magazine.  It is always fun to share our story and the unexpected way our farm got its start.  Horn Canna Farm's roots (pun intended) started very simply.  An aunt from Arkansas shipped a package to Dustin's great grandparents. ...

Cannas make powerful statements in many areas of Boston Common.   Pretoria and Musifolia at Old South Church in Boston   We spent a few days in Boston this summer and saw cannas everywhere!  Boston Common has many displays of cannas mixed with grasses, lantana, zinnias, snapdragons, elephant ears, salvia, periwinkles and more.  Cannas are planted both as eye...

It's cold in Oklahoma but our barns are warm and toasty as we prepare our canna rhizomes for spring shipment.  This year's shipping season kicks off Monday, February 17, 2014. We recommend planting cannas when soil temperatures are 60 degrees or above. For Oklahoma this means spring planting begins around April 1st. When you place an order on our site...

Harvest 2012 is underway!  It is cool and breezy here on the farm, a typical fall day in Oklahoma.   Last summer's drought wreaked havoc on the crop.  While this summer's heat was still challenging, we are so glad to see better results as we harvest the cannas.  Rain kept us out of the field for a day or two but we don't complain...

Another shipping season is wrapped up and we are eagerly looking forward to posting our availability for Spring 2013. The crop is growing beautifully!  Our growing conditions are so much nicer in comparison to last summer's drought. It is our hope each summer to have a few new varieties to offer for the following spring season. We will continue to...

You may notice a shortened availability list on our availability page.  We are sold out of several varieties for this season.  But please do not think our remaining cannas are our less popular varieties.  In fact, it's almost the opposite.  Australia, Cleopatra, Pretoria and Red Futurity are some of our best selling varieties, just to name a few!  Southern states...

Many of our customers in the south started receiving their cannas last month. We are currently shipping our cannas to the warmer states, and gradually moving our way north as the temperatures rise! Oklahoma was extremely mild this winter. Cannas left in the ground in our flowerbeds (right next to the foundation on the south side of the house) are...

Due to the unseasonably warm winter we are experiencing, it REALLY is almost time to start shipping cannas. (It was in the mid 70's here in Oklahoma today!) Our warm-weathered, southern friends should receive their cannas first as their soil temperatures are conducive to healthy growing cannas. Then we'll quickly begin shipping cannas further north as the spring warms. REMEMBER...