Cannas 2015

Alice is on facebook,she can be inboxed there..
https://www.facebook.com/alice.harris.58?ref=ts&fref=ts

 

Wow John, that'd be great! PM'ing...

 

Freddy even Urban jungle sell really healty plants , avoid rizhomas from shops as they can be infected
Urban jungle are really proud of them virus free stock

http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/category.asp?catname= Cannas for sale &catcode=8

 

and yes Alice its very good as well

 

I potted up some of my 'Baggie method' cannas yesterday, all seem to be doing ok.
As for my overwintered tropicana, I've snuck it into the house and near a radiator. Hopefully this will bring it to life.

 

Hurray!!!

 

None of mine germinated. Sooooo disappointed. And I really tried to follow all the rules on here :0( gutted.

 

I just checked your original post - it was only a week ago! There is still plenty of time for them to germinate.

 

Oh BRILLIANT!! Thank you - I thought they were consigned to the dustbin x

 

Here are my new cannas I bought from hart canna they have been potted for two weeks now on a heated tray and are starting to grow

 

Well I've taken the plunge and ordered some Canna altensteinii from Ventnor Botanic Gardens http://www.botanic.co.uk/catalogue/Seeds/Canna+altensteinii/31 but don't worry I certainly didn't pay £3.95 for a packet they've upped the price by 40% since I ordered the other day! the cheek of it

 

I've only got 50% germination on my old seeds in potting compost, but 75% using baggy method. I'm going to use the lot this year (before I start getting zero germination) and get fresh for next year.

They were £2.25 earlier this month, so they've gone up a whopping 76%!!

Link to when they were £2.25

 

I got about 80% using the baggy method. They are doing well in little 9cm pots on the same windowsill.
Not sure how old the seeds were, they were a few from the seed swap which I am very grateful for.
My revived tropicana has another 2 shoots today.