Hello world!
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List of my references
Bachheti RK, Rawat GS, Joshi A, Pandey DP (2013) Phytochemical investigation of aerial parts of Canna indica collected from Uttarakhand India. Int J Pharm Tech Res 5(2):294–300 Batianoff GN, Butler…
More polyploidy in Cannas
Fertility Fertility in Cannas is affected by the chromosome number, and the following table and comments were published by Dr Khoshoo following his research in India in the early 1960's.…
Phytosanitary Certificates and Canna
Phytosanitary Certificates have little relevance to Canna viruses.
Revisiting Canna ‘Borneo’
Canna 'Borneo' revisited.
Revisiting Canna ‘Bubblegum’
Canna 'Bubblegum' is a Premier Group cultivar, the flowers are pink with an almost lavender overlay. Foliage is green.
Revisiting Canna ‘Porcelain Petals’
REPRINT FROM 2008 Mr Johnny K. Johnson of Kentucky, USA introduced four new varieties in 2003, the last ones he introduced before retiring from hybridising Cannas after suffering a heart…
Revisiting Canna ‘Triomphe’
Canna 'Triomphe' is a medium-sized Premier Group cultivar, with dark leaves and red flowers
Revisiting Canna ‘Wander Lust’
Mr Johnny K. Johnson of Kentucky, USA introduced four new varieties in 2003, the last ones he introduced before retiring from hybridising Cannas after suffering a heart condition. Amongst those…
Revisiting Canna ‘Daniel Hooibrenk’
Canna ‘Daniel Hooibrenk’ is a medium sized Foliage Group cultivar; dark green foliage, large, acuminate shaped, maroon margin, upright habit; spikes of flowers are erect, self-coloured orange-red, staminodes are narrow,…
The Canna flower parts
When describing the various parts that constitute a Canna flower, the first thing to do is to explain that the petals aren't really petals, they are actually infertile stamens (male…
The Life of Karl Sprenger
In an article delivered to the International Dendrology Society by By Councilor Bern. Sprenger, the writer described the life of his cousin Karl Sprenger. Karl Sprenger was the creator of…
The Lombard group of Cannas
An extract from the 1890 catalogue of the German horticultural giants Wilhelm Pfitzer.
The never-ending war with slugs and snails
Canna enthusiasts are well aware of the damage that slugs and snails can cause in their plants, and although the use of chemical slug repellents is a possible protection option,…
Théodore Année – the first Canna hybridist
Théodore Année, a wealthy, retired French diplomatic consul in South America, returned to France in the mid 1840's and settled in rue des Réservoirs, Passy, Paris, where he devoted himself…
Thoughts on Virus from Hart Canna
(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…
Weather forecasting
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…
What’s in a name?
What is in a name? When playwright William Shakespeare asked the question, “What's in a name?” in Romeo and Juliet, he was referring to the idea that names themselves are a…