If you live in a colder area where the warm season is rather short, you could consider starting your cannas in an indoor pot. See Part Three for how to care for indoor cannas.
If you don’t have another spot to plant you cannas, you can help your spot to dry by adding organic material to the spot. You can raise the level two or three inches using compost, peat moss, or ground bark–all of which you can buy at your local garden or yard supply store.
Some cannas specialists believe that you should let the rhizomes dry for several days before moving onto the next step. [8] X Research source
You can also put them in a brown paper bag lined with peat moss or perlite if you don’t have a plastic box to spare.
Remember, you can plant your cannas with other plants in your container, but just remember that all of the plants in one container must have the same water and sunlight needs or else they will not do very well.
You can also dig up the rhizomes and store them in a plastic box with peat moss or perlite.
