The "it" plant for 2013

I came in from the garden just long enough to write about this years "hot" plant for planters.... The Canna.  We have seen cannas in lots of spring magazines this year and all of them seem to be pictured in planters. 

 

The consensus here at Trade My Flowers is we love it!  The canna lends a tropical feel to the planters that you can get even if you aren't anywhere near the tropics.  Not to mention the very grand statement these suckers make.  Some of these can grow to be 6+ feet tall, you will most certainly be the talk of the neighbourhood with these in your planted pots!

Be sure to pick a large pot to use when planting, you don't want it to A- tip or B- look out of proportion with the large height and leaves of the canna.  We planted the bulbs in our pots today to get a head start and hopefully by mid may we will have them sprouting and then we will add all of the filler plants.  Have fun with it, add some more tropicals, maybe some colour or some cascading vines.  The plus side of planting the cannas first, you get a few weeks to plan it out!

If you are lucky enough to have an awesome aunt with a cold cellar full of bulbs like we did, you are in luck this year.  If not, we do have a listing or two on our Trade My Flowers Marketplace.  Just remember to dig up the bulbs before frost in the fall and save them for next year!

Okay, back to the garden, so glad spring is finally here; the house work is so going to suffer for the next couple of weeks!  Oh and don't forget we have our forum up and running, let's talk gardens!