Canna ~2013~

Blinking'eck! Would you look at that list of varieties ... 433 ?? that's a lot of Cannas

 

At £7 each(when for sale) £3031!get them all ordered kristen he might knock you some discount off
Here are mine this morning,The warscewiczii from you

And the other 14 varieties

Ive also got about another 10 in sick bay with bottom heat

 

Happy looking chappies - considering they were only supposed to be germination test guys

 

And yet another healthy brood , Joolz ........all we need now....dare I say - is a bit of sun this summer !

 

Was thinking about that earlier sun shine
But when it does decide to turn to spring/summer surely the temperature of the soil is going to be lower than normal.
Is covering the ground to warm the soil going to be beneficial to cannas before planting out

 

Looking very good there Joolz , you'll need a machete to get through your back garden this summer

 

I plant mine out late May Mowgley. When the good weather starts ( it will) the ground heats up fairly quickly in sheltered gardens.

 

achira roots sold at suttons seeds

http://www.suttons.co.uk/Gardening/...Queensland+Arrowroot+Plants_239160.htm#239160

 

Yesterday morning I got my Cannas out from the greenhouse that I had wrapped for the winter from last year, I knocked them out of the pots removed old compost, cut back the old roots, repotted in dry compost and, this is the best bit; my amazing wife allowed me to put them on another warm, light windowsill in the house to give them some heat and get them shifting. I did promise they'd be back out in the greenhouse in May, so don't let me down now weather, get yourself warmed up by then

The good signs were that even though they've had no artifical heat as yet most had signs of new growth under the compost

 

Just done same job bilbo. Potted up the canna warscewiczii looking healthy.
The canna New Zealand from sal only alittle behind those will pot them up later in the week.
The canna cleopatra Pete sent me last year has survived in the greenhouse over winter.
Potted that up, a bit of the tuber broke off but potted it on anyway.
Canna Wyoming survived too, same with that.
The canna altensteinii seeds bilbo sent me last did well in the pot but when I emptied it out today it hadn't formed a tuber????
But sadly mine will have to stop in the greenhouse to grow mrs Mowgley is having no more in the house!

 

Really can`t wait for the promise 10 c ....wow

none of mine have shown any sign of wake up yet .

 

This time last year I had rooted cuttings of Dahlias ... this year they ain't even sprouted (even though they are in the garage with some heat ...)