Only two more days to win Tropicanna® cannas in Garden Rant, North Coast Gardening contest!
Submitted by Lisa on Mon, 2011-03-14 16:55
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The original Tropicanna cannas contrasting beautifully against an electric-blue garden wall.
Hey! The wildly popular Garden Rant and North Coast Gardening blogs have been hosting a Tropicanna® cannas giveaway contest this past week, with the contest starting early last Thursday (March 10, 2011) and ending this Wednesday night (March 16, 2011). That means there are only two more days to post a comment and (and perhaps win a Tropicanna variety pack)!
Genevieve Schmidt (left, of North Coast Gardening and Amy Stewart (right, of Garden Rant) pretending to be Tropicanna cannas.
The contest – and Tropicanna cannas – have been extremely popular with the blogs’ followers, with more than 50 glowing comments posted as of today (Monday, March 14, 2011). Winners of the Tropicanna cannas will be announced next week!
The original Tropicanna cannas (left), Tropicanna Gold (middle) and Tropicanna Black (right).
Amy Stewart (of Garden Rant) and Genevieve Schmidt (of North Coast Gardening) also posted a fun video and photos of them planting the tropical, psychedelically foliaged Tropicanna cannas (as rhizomes) at the home of an artist friend who loves bold colors. “I’m a Tropicannaaaaa!" they shouted in the video, pretending to be the plant.
I particularly liked how Schmidt and one of Stewart's followers suggested some great plant combinations using Tropicanna cannas (Schmidt suggested the first three, along with photos in her post on North Coast Gardening):
Combo 1: Tropicanna canna, Alstroemeria ‘The Third Harmonic’, and Uncinia uncinata ‘Red’
Combo 2: Tropicanna Gold, Euphorbia characias, Calluna ‘Beoley Gold’
Combo 3:Tropicanna Black, Helianthemum ‘Henfield Brilliant’, Clianthus puniceus ‘Red’
Combo 4: Tropicanna Gold with a brilliant red foliage plant such as phormium or a red banana
Feeling inspired? You may also want to check out the video "How to Grow Tropicannas in Containers" (produced by Dave Epstein of Growing Wisdom). Or, see this previous post on the contest for some fabulous container garden combinations featuring the original Tropicanna cannas along with the newer Tropicanna Gold and Tropicanna Black (Black is now widely available to the market after being held back for a few years because of propagation issues). And the word on the street is that Tropicanna cannas will be sold in all different container sizes at all different prices this year! Wahoo!
If you're looking for more information on Tropicanna cannas, or other Tesselaar Plants (like the cool, chocolate-leaved Bonfire begonias that are new for 2011), go to Tesselaar's web site or follow Tesselaar on social media (@tesselaarplants on Twitter and Tesselaar International Plants on Facebook).
So that's it. Don't forget to comment on Amy and Gen's posts, and get in on the chance to win some Tropicanna cannas!
Good luck!
Comments
red banana and phormium
Hey Genevieve - thanks for visiting Your Easy Garden and for all the wonderful exposure of Tropicanna cannas! Yes, who'd of thought of red banana? I think Monrovia's got a great one, called the Blood Banana, at http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/1872/blood-banana.php. All those big 'ol tropical leaves make make think I'm smelling some tanning oil! Yum! And I loved all your plant combos - with photos…that's something I'm always looking for! Yay!
Red Banana and Phormium
Thanks for the shout-out! Wasn’t that red banana suggestion, or red phormium idea to die for? I believe that was Michelle Derviss who made that suggestion, and she has an amazing color sense. There’s a talented designer for you.
I can’t wait to revisit my tropicannas in summer when they’re up!
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