I'm falling asleep. It's so cold here. I suspected that the one I bought was dodgyand someone complained and the rest of the stock was reduced dramatically. Shame as I really like variegated cannas.
@johnny canoe Hope you come to a good solution.
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I'm falling asleep. It's so cold here. I suspected that the one I bought was dodgyand someone complained and the rest of the stock was reduced dramatically. Shame as I really like variegated cannas.
@johnny canoe Hope you come to a good solution.
Lost in the interview. Now I can concentrate moving to another area. Son will love it.
Went out and it was bitterly cold. Nothing stirred, but water butts are happy. Will take out the other butts and fill them up. I know how dry it can be here. So much to do after plasterers are gone!
Went out and it was bitterly cold. Nothing stirred, but water butts are happy. Will take out the other butts and fill them up. I know how dry it can be here. So much to do after plasterers are gone!
I have these variegated ones:
African Sunset
Sunburst
Pretoria (Bengal Tiger)
I bought them last year online and they came in the mail already with leaves.
They grew so fast that after a few weeks I was able to split them into several plants for friends, and no matter how many cuttings I took you couldn't even see it...that is the difference between a healthy Canna and a virus positive one.
There are several different viruses (at least 5 that I know of) and not all of them are severe so it is hard sometime to tell a healthy plant from a sick one...stunt growth could be a virus symptom
I send Cannas to my family in Italy because they too can't seem to find healthy ones on the market, if you want some just pm
Some gems there, @Gemma! I think I bought the same African Sunset, as the leaves are bronze red, exactly like yours, but it was planted on a raised border and there it stayed, motionless. Yours are so pretty and they are tall and proud. The following time I went, the rest of the stock was reduced to a song. Someone must have spotted something. Not experienced in cannas ever, I had no idea what that might be.
I have raised some from seeds, but the red flowers were such a let-down - too small. After all the effort and one year of waiting .. I felt so deflated. Hopefully, they might get bigger and better this year. I have put them inside a dome and some others inside a toms greenhouse.
Yours are so home. I have seen tall and happy mass of them whilst travelling in the car. Sometimes, some flowers are so striking that I always want to take some photos, but the car is always swinging round the corner, making it impossible for me to immortalise the dark tall handsome and mysterious delphiniums.
I have raised some from seeds, but the red flowers were such a let-down - too small. After all the effort and one year of waiting .. I felt so deflated. Hopefully, they might get bigger and better this year. I have put them inside a dome and some others inside a toms greenhouse.
Yours are so home. I have seen tall and happy mass of them whilst travelling in the car. Sometimes, some flowers are so striking that I always want to take some photos, but the car is always swinging round the corner, making it impossible for me to immortalise the dark tall handsome and mysterious delphiniums.
This is how they came in the mail, in a 4" little pot..I can't believe how fast they grew
One of the ones I order this year has light green leaves like the Pretoria but red bloom instead of orange..can't wait to see it!
Canna Tropicana (Phasion) has leaves similar to African Sunset, same orange blooms but it grows shorter and I have yet to find a virus free specimen. I wonder if maybe that could be the one you had?
One of the ones I order this year has light green leaves like the Pretoria but red bloom instead of orange..can't wait to see it!
Canna Tropicana (Phasion) has leaves similar to African Sunset, same orange blooms but it grows shorter and I have yet to find a virus free specimen. I wonder if maybe that could be the one you had?
No. All I have been is yellow and red.
Wow! Yellow edges look so fetching. We don't often see cannas here in our gcs. Diy gcs never stock them. Such an eye-opener, Gemma! Delectable!
We probably don't have the weather for them. The leaves of mine are now all brown and they look ever so distress. Where have you been storing in this snowy weather, Gemma?
We probably don't have the weather for them. The leaves of mine are now all brown and they look ever so distress. Where have you been storing in this snowy weather, Gemma?
Cannas are easily adaptable to different climates, I still think they don't do good for you because the plants you had were not healthy to begin with.
I pulled the ones I want to save (don't have room for all) in the Fall, put the rhizomes in boxes of pine shaving and store them in the only unfinished little spot of the basement, where my water softener is.
I pulled the ones I want to save (don't have room for all) in the Fall, put the rhizomes in boxes of pine shaving and store them in the only unfinished little spot of the basement, where my water softener is.
Nice Canna's gemma , I've only got one at the moment which looks very familiar to one of yours called Durban or Phasion and many other names.
I had others as well in the past - Wyoming and Petroia , I wish I kept them now I got paranoid they had canna virus so got rid. Also grown Australia which has really nice chocolate colour leaves but I lost it last winter. There is a supplier in the UK which sell virus free canna called - Hart canna - but its quite expensive , I want another one called Shenandoah.
I had others as well in the past - Wyoming and Petroia , I wish I kept them now I got paranoid they had canna virus so got rid. Also grown Australia which has really nice chocolate colour leaves but I lost it last winter. There is a supplier in the UK which sell virus free canna called - Hart canna - but its quite expensive , I want another one called Shenandoah.
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