Canna Lily Seed Pods: What They Are and How to Grow Them

Those bulb-like structures after canna flowers fade are seed pods. Yes, you can grow cannas from them—but it takes two years.

Process

1. Collect pods when dry and splitting.
2. Extract hard, black seeds; nick or soak to aid germination.
3. Sow in spring; year 1 forms small bulblets (rhizomes).
4. Year 2: bulblets mature; year 3: flowering plants.

Faster Alternative

Divide rhizomes in spring—each piece with an eye grows a flowering plant the same year.