Canna 2012

I am,im still thinking
kristen...me armandii

 

MOVED THREAD

I've moved my Dahlia discussion to a new thread:
http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/dahlias-possible-cuttings-swap-spring-2013.47460/

Sorry, it was a bit of a chimera!! and shouldn't have been in this thread

 

(I moved this post too)

 

I have rooted Dahlia cuttings now; I was going through a spell a few weeks ago of wandering around the garden just thinking what I could try and take cuttings from. So the Dahlia was one of them, just normal cuttings not with a piece of tuber like often suggested in the spring. Only question mark being I wonder how these will overwinter as its a plant that normal goes dormant and overwinters as a tuber.........hmmmm should be interesting

 

Late season cuttings I have always over-wintered "warm enough" to keep them going. My Cold conservatory has been sufficient, not sure a cold greenhouse would be (except in mild parts of the country). My conservatory is warm on days when the sun comes out, and may hit 0C one or two nights a year, but never goes below [I provided emergency heating last February when we had -16C outside - but we don't get that in most winters

P.S. I've moved my Dahlia discussion out of this Canna thread, in case you want to discuss over there - see earlier post for a link

 

Going back to the cannas from urban jungle has anyone noticed the canna bird of paradise?

 

Nice looking plant that is Sal, not too dissimilar to my 'mystery' Canna that I bought this year with no name and still don't have a definite ID??

Mine does have slightly more arching/lax leaves though but is pretty much the same colour and has the same clumping habit, do you know what colour flowers this one has Sal?

 

Nice plant Bilbo , look the same but I doubt it`s the same , leaves are suppose to be really long .


flower is pink .....
overall as we most of the season we are just looking at the leaves I`m really looking for some nice foliage cannas ...any suggestion welcome...
if the delivery charge wouldn`t be so high I would have order one...

 

Hi Sal, the flower style is the same as the plant I have but mine was almost luminous orange/red..

I'll let you know if I see with particularly interesting foliage

 

still looking for one of thoase new tropicanna black....the picture is not really clear but the plant is the blackest plant I`ve ever seen ....and the vain are red ...a must have canna.



but I`m open for new variety.


I would actually just be happy with start to collect chimeras only ....that would be impressive ; )

 

Canna Australis if you havnt already got one sal,they look nice leaf

 

already have 3 and to be honest it dasn`t look to have the virus ...I`ll may try to look and keep it .......but more tempted to get read off all , even if the Thai cannas are fine and one musifolia grande is safe as well .

 

Not black or purple but here's another variegated one;

 

already got the bengal and the pretoriana...I really wanted to collect the giant variety as well , but collecting the chimera is more easy ...I will have to think about .