Katy's Garden

Alas my canna "Wyoming" of which I had bought some roots in spring turned out to be diseased by the all-world common canna virus, and after some days of indecision, with much heart ache and some sniffeling I decided to throw them away. It is very sad to rip them off now that they were finally starting to grow, but the leaves were already striped and mottled rather visibly. Will have to get some fully grown cannas, or seeds. Canna glauca, C. paniculata and C. speciosa are all very desirable, and available from Chiltern. Canna musifolia would be a lovely addition too, and could very well replace bananas in my tiny exotic corner, but I haveno idea where to get one, or seeds. Seeds are supposedly immune from the virus, and if the garden is clean from it to start with, I should be safe. I had hoped that by now the canna tubers for sale would be reasonably clean. Wishful thinking, apparently.

Colocasia tubers arrived in mass from two different sources now, India and Portugal. If half of them sprout I have more colocasias than I will ever need. No "Black Magic" though.

Still no signs of life from Musa and Tetrapanax. I wonder if they have chilled and shiveredtoo long before getting into the propagator. Poor cold hotties.