Cannas 2015

I love the Canna "Trumpet" shape when growing from seed .
My Canna season started today . I uncovered half my stored rhizomes from the garage. One had 2 green shoots about 6" tall plus quite a few other signs off growth . I replenished my stock of £1 buckets at B and Q today , so will be splitting the rhizomes and potting up next week

 

My cannas have owner wintered in my pots just nicely, so have sprinkled fish, blood and bone in them and massaged it in. The rhizomes are huge, so I'm expecting big things from them this year.
Also, I've bought some Russian reds and a few wyomings as rhizomes from my gc, they have been planted up in my windowsill, but will keep an eye on the leaves to see if they may be virused as it was taking a chance... Fingers crossed they'll be ok, if not they are in the bin.

I took some seeds from my cannas that flowered last year, chitted them and planted them last October and they have grown to a decent size, so gave them to a friends wife for her garden. Be interesting to see the babies when I visit.

 

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For the past few years I unpack my stored rhizomes , plant them in buckets or large pots . I then bring them into the house for warmth and light . Obviously allowable house space is at a premium ! Generally the growing Cannas are then moved out to the GH in the back half of April.
Question - I have two Cannas in large terracotta pots . If I repot them with fresh MPC would they be OK in a cold green house . I do put a heater on if temp is forecast below 5°c . I have noticed that the stored tubers do sprout in store , in a cold dark garage!

TIA

 

My Durban/tropicana has about 4 shoots up now, the largest is into its second leaf.
Plants from seed are a couple of inches tall at most. Will pot them on and move to the greenhouse in a month or so I guess.

 

Ive got shoots showing from my Ehemanii

 

Two are up, so that's 10 days. On the face of it then, the 'baggy' method is quicker. It remains to be seen how many of mine will germinate.

 

I have some giant Canna seeds arrived from Thailand called Teurckheimii and have about 10 spare if anybody would like some x

 

Well, 5 out of 6 germinated, so not too bad. The thing I'm not sure about is aftercare. Thing is, although the plants are sound, they're not getting away like they should. My current regime is to keep them in my heated propagator at night, and outside (not in the greenhouse) during the day, as long as it's warm. Is there something I should be doing?

 

I am now sat in a rather small home office surrounded by 9 Cannas in £1 buckets . I have another 5 secreted in the spare bedroom , which move into the rather small home office if the GKs or family stay over. Probably late next week I move them out to the GH . A couple of weeks later I move them to a sheltered spot behind the shed to harden off . I plant them out around middle of May.

Current RH View !