Welcome to Garden Web! I think it all depends on how you store them. I traded some later this last fall and stored them in my basement. Doesn't look like they made it as they are all dried up. I guess if I had planted them in peatmoss or something they might of made it. If you can't grow them in your yard try growing them in a container....I know they generally grow pretty good that way. If that's not going to work for you I'll be more than happy to babysit them for you. LOL.... Good Luck. PamCrews

Can you explain the differece between rhizomes and eyes. Post pics? i just want to know...(new to cannas) Christian

I had to chuckle, I was going through a box in the basement and I found a bunch of stuff I'd taken out of the ground for storage, not after last season, but after 2012 season. Most everything was desiccated except for two dahlias, which showed sprouts. I planted them. Reminds me, I better go check on them. But yeah, do it yesterday, they might make it. May not bloom, but should give the roots a chance to reconstitute ⦠_~ dave

Haverhill! I was in Merrimac visiting family in Oct! Fall color was just beautiful and so was the snowfall! Couldn't believe my good luck!, it hardly snows here in Ga. I ordered some this spring too. I thought I had planted them all but then around July/Aug I ran across some I had not planted, so I planted them and they didn't come up. They did look dried out, but not all achimenes varieties look the same. Now I had gotten some others at a DC convention in Early July and planted them the next week and almost all of those came up. I know that didn't answer the question. What I would do is start some indoors early and see if they start growing. If they don't, then you will have time to order some more. tish