Canna 2016

I have always planted the Canna rhizomes in buckets and large planters in the warmth of the house . This is not ideal as my office is full off buckets , plus a couple sneaked into a spare bedroom ! My DIL to be says her Cannas left outside ,in the planters I gave them , over winter are sprouting . It has been a very mild winter , but there have been a few days of frost.

 

I have one canna I'm very excited about it! I've never grown one before! I've got strict instructions to keep it warm until at the earliest the end of May at which point it can be put in the garden .

 

Brilliant @Beckie76 welcome to the cannaholics club x
You have a lot of growth points on them on them all @JWK ,are in 30ltr pots? ive been pondering if to but some off ebay x
@HarryS ..Yours must be at least 3ft tall by now x

 

@joolz68 spot on I grow mine in £1 buckets and a few large containers in the house . Planted around the third week in March most are about 3 feet now ! Just moved them out to the GH this weekend , still a few cold nights forecast but they will be OK . @Beckie76 you are right plant them out around 3rd or fourth week of May.

These are 3 C.Tropicana early September.

 

Looking good jwk lots of growth points will look stunning this year
Noticed my musifolia s are popping through in the greenhouse and my hybrid ones I am growing from seed I collected last year are about 6 inch high now

 

I just repotted an Olive tree into a lovely 80 litre plastic rattan container . Being very smart I did it on the lawn to keep the patio clean. Then I had to move it back to the patio, not so smart now !- Oh it was very very heavy

 

Some from seed just Musa and warz,my seed order hasnt turned up so itl be to late to get a flower from them i think even if they do come now ..The last one has double leaves

And some in the GHouse ..

 

Finally got my Red Russian,Tuerkckheimmii and omega seed today scarified put them in soak,hopefully with a good summer i will get to see Omega flower

 

I'm back

I've got a few Cannas on the go from seed collected from a large robust plant I got last year with no label, it's a stunning bright red flower and has very large green leaves. That original plant is also re-shooting.

I also have musifolia, altensteinnii and a few others all shooting away that were just left out in large pots this winter due to lack of space. I tucked them into our laurel hedge for some protection but other than that they've been drenched and frozen but all have 2-3 inch new shoots

 

We was watering in the greenhouse last night and noticed that one of my canna is in flower with another ready to open too they only warz but a nice bit of colour for the time of year

 

pulled all the overwintering plants out of the greenhouse so I could fumigate it - looking good, I dont think Ive lost anything this winter:

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Cannas are looking good - Ive given all the pots a drench of vine weevil killer as Ive been finding the gubs in some of of the pots. Will split them in a week or so when I get to it.

 

Some i forgot i had! Growing amongst the planters, so should give a lovely display this year. 2 others where shoved under the decking, and are sprouting now. The other 2 are flowering!

 

How come mine have munch marks on them? is it slugs or leaf miners? ive put rock salt down now incase its slugs little sods (in & out of the greenhouse)
Omega,russian red and tuerk all all germinated now,hope the can catch up