Balisier collecting and growing
There are serious problems in canna nomenclature which would seem to be intractable. A long time ago I realised that I can do no more than sharing my database containing details of over 3.000 varieties, to assist in responsible naming. This seems to have largely been ignored. Species Nomenclature The first frustrating problem is that … Read more
Autumn 2023, 398 pots of canna. At last the job is complete, and 398 pots of canna are under cover, their foliage was nipped by the frosts, and now has been reduced to handle size. We are planning a rest over the winter period, and work will start again late February as we split the … Read more
Phytosanitary Certificates have little relevance to Canna viruses.
Canna flaccida opens its flowers in the evening.
There are a number of ways of getting seeds to germinate, but you’re best off doing that indoors because that’s where the environment is better protected. A seed needs to absorb water before it can germinate. After this imbibing of water, biological processes get to work inside the seed and it comes, as it were, … Read more
After nearly thirty years of growing canna I am still surprised by them… unexpected colours, oddly shaped flowers, but today I had another surprise. My Canna iridiflora growing in our hallway is a weather diviner! I looked closely at something shining on a large leaf, and saw that it was a small pool of water. … Read more
(Reprint from Tuesday, 1 January 2008) CANNA VIRUS DISEASE A guest article authored by Keith Hayward, Hart Canna Most gardeners with a particular interest in cannas will by now be well aware of the advancement of canna virus which was unknown not many years ago, and which is now a worldwide epidemic. It has infected … Read more
Back in the day, in 1997 on one of my canna-hunting expeditions I discovered Canna ‘Auguste Ferrier’ growing in the garden of an old farmhouse near La Rochelle, in western France. I negotiated an exchange with the old lady living there, where I was allowed to dig up a bit of the very large clump … Read more
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