How to Get Rid of Canna
- 1). Dig out canna plants with a shovel. During the growing season the rhizomes, or underground swollen stems, are easily located and dug up. Shake off excess soil from the dug rhizomes and place them in full sun to thoroughly dry and die.
- 2). Reduce remnant re-sprouts of canna rhizomes by creating a soil environment unfavorable for canna growth. Rake away moisture-retentive mulch atop the rhizomes. Do not irrigate the ground or add fertilizers, compost or other organic matter. In essence, you are trying to starve the remaining plants.
- 3). Spray an herbicide with the active ingredient glyphosate according to product label directions onto canna foliage. Roundup® is a product with glyphosate that is appropriate to use in garden beds. However if the canna grows on the margins of a pond, lake or stream, use Glyfos Aquatic®, GlyphoMate® 41 or other glyphosate-based herbicides formulated for use in aquatic environments.
- 4). Repeat steps 1, 2 and 3 in patches of the garden that are particularly ridden with canna rhizomes. Steps 2 and 3 require the least amount of hard labor, and repeated tandem attacks of dry soil environments with herbicide should kill the canna without a need for physical plant removal.
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