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Dea
Frederick, MD
(Zone 6a)
February 28, 2008
09:21 AM Post #4599976
| I learned so much from this article - thank you.
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SCNewbie
Anderson, SC
(Zone 7b)
February 28, 2008
09:48 AM Post #4600059
| Super article - Thank you!!! |
debnes_dfw_tx
Fort Worth, TX
(Zone 8a)
February 28, 2008
01:15 PM Post #4601077
| Beautiful article Ian..
The recipe sounds delicious! Thx!
debnes |
frankford
East Lansing, MI
(Zone 5a)
February 28, 2008
02:52 PM Post #4601495
| I enjoyed finding more about one of my favorite tropical plants. I have some of the older species type cannas as well as a couple of recent hybrid dwarfs that Kent Kelly created. Last year I discovered that through applying mulch to "Yellow Futurity" the plants would continue to flower for many weeks beyond the norm.Last summer I also tried an experiment with the other burdundy foilage canna. I planted these in a light shade and minimally watered them. My goal was to see if this canna could be used in the garden only for its foilage. I only gave it a small amount of nitrogen. Surprizingly enough the canna went through a hot summer without showing signs of wilt or sunscald. By the time frost came around they didn't bloom. My experiment proved sucessful. |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
February 28, 2008
04:43 PM Post #4601827
| Thank you kindly. If the article is half as useful as some of the stuff that brought me here, I'm very happy. Interesting experiment Frankford, kind of opposite to why most grow the plant. In the Australian forums we have been talking about breeding them. They are a good plant to play around with. |
victorgardener
Lower Hudson Valley, NY
(Zone 6b)
February 28, 2008
05:01 PM Post #4601895
| Very interesting, Ian. Great job. Seeds as ammo - nice to have a second use! Germinator instead of Terminator?? |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
February 28, 2008
06:12 PM Post #4602087
| Great debut, Ian, and lovely recipe, although i don't plan to grind my own arrowroot flour. My daughter can't eat wheat so I'm always interested to add more types of flour to the types she can use! xx, Carrie |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
February 28, 2008
11:16 PM Post #4603352
| Hey Victor. I wondered a few times writing how many ppl had been shot by Canna seed over the years. I guess it must happened sometime. Wierd way to go out :) And I am really glad you picked that up Carrie. I once went out with a girl who had Coeliac disease so I made sure that was in there.
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Illoquin
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
February 29, 2008
03:10 AM Post #4603951
| Very interesting article! Keep 'em coming!
In researching Cannas to buy from the DG Canna Coop (except for Arrowroot, my first foray into Cannas was a week ago!) I found a US site that had imported Australian Cannas from Bernard Yorke. I was tempted to buy just one and skip the coop, but decided it probably wasn't a smart decision to start with something so expensive since it would be my first time ever growing them. (although it was only $18.00US, so not all that expensive) :)
Suzy |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
February 29, 2008
07:46 AM Post #4604129
| By coincidence Suzy, I just bought some of Yorke's Zodiacs on Ebay & planted them earlier this afternoon. Thankfully they were AU$6.50 for 3 rhizomes. Considering the price you mention, you made a wise decision IMO. His collections are nice, but not that nice. I am sure you can do better by looking around places like Ebay & swapping with other DG members. Around here, they grow wild invacant lots & places like that too, but I guess that depends on climate. |
