Re: Canna's

I have grown species Cannas that I have under the names of C indica, C
glauca, C coccineus, C warczewicii (?) and another yellow flowered species
(?flaccida)
as well as some hybrids; Tropical Rose ( Thompson & Morgan seed from a
couple of years ago), a variegated one, a red leaved orange flowered one and
some others that have been given to me.  Here in the Languedoc I (and
everyone else) leave them in the ground all winter without any losses and
they have all survived -8°C, even -10°C  for brief periods; I guess that in
SW England
damp cold may be the problem.       I believe that in the UK there is a v
good Canna nursery somewhere in the south with a v informative website;
www.hartcanna.com I think.

  Does anyone have an experience of a white
variegated form - I recently acquired one under the name of Stuttgart, its
lovely but seems to be suited only to deep shade - the variegated bits
scorch after exposure to even a little sun

Gill Pound
Languedoc, S France

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristram Smyth" <tsmyth@eclipse.co.uk>
To: "'Medit-plants Forum'" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 3:03 PM
Subject: Canna's


> Can I seek the collective wisdom of the list about these admirable plants?
> As I thought I understood it, there were two main species - C*generalis
and
> C*orchioides. But there now seem to be such a bewildering array of
interbred
> cultivars that I guess this is distinction has been lost.
>
> Here in the UK they are primarily grown as greenhouse and conservatory
> specimens or lifted from outside in late autumn before bedding out again
in
> the spring. But I wonder if any of the interbred, recent additions are
more
> hardy than the originals and likely to survive being left in the ground to
> overwinter in the coastal maritime climate of SW England?
>
> The area is not frost-free in most winters but any that do occur are
> unlikely to be more than a few (2-3) degrees below zero and infrequent at
> that.
>
> Thank you for any advice.
>
> Tristram (from the UK where the sun is seen this summer more rarely than
> Osama bin Laden)
>
>
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