Linda, Thank you for asking. Yes, I confess. I love cannas. In my climate, there are only a few people I know that can leave them in the ground year round and I consider them magicians with microclimates. The rest of us must store them over winter somehow. I prefer not to dig mostly out of laziness. You are exactly right about the bubble pack and brown paper. Brown paper for darkness and bubble pack to provide some insulation since my garage is not heated. Once they all green up, I will pull out all the brown dead leaves from last year and clean them up. In late May, they will be able to stay outside all day. For now, the canna trolley it is. I also gave them some kelp water about every 3rd water. And this year, I gave them a sprinkle of milorganite because I read that it can give you huge cannas. I don't know all the variety names that I have. I never really kept track. I do know that I have Bengal Tiger which I bought last year and a yellow one called Harvest Yellow. I actually found that out by posting on this forum which was so fun! I have a red one, a hot pink one, and I have a dwarf variety as well. The pots are pretty full and I should probably divide. I did divide the yellow one last fall so I'm waiting to see how that turned out before dividing others. I don't have the best pictures of mine, but promise to try to get better photos this year. Harvest Yellow - photo taken August 2016 (this one blooms really late)

ok- here's my list so far. i have put a question mark behind anything i noticed was missing from the other's list or i never received confirmation on. Root/deb: ebony spleenwort, jap painted fern, cymbularia, zuke seeds, for lamium, foxgloves, tara ginger, black stem ee?, white malvas? Brenda: georgia blue, columbines (not cana), for hardy fuchsia, black cohosh Ralph: zuch seeds, melon seed, aremenian cuke, cutting of phygelia, caneberries, white nicotiana, kiwi cuttings (they turned black with the frost, but may re-leaf by then), marion stewart cuttings, jujube cuttings, pomegranate cuttings, persimmon cuttings?(also black from freeze) for waterperry blue, Tiarella 'Chocolate Mint' & 'Snowflake', Disporum, and EE 'Black Magic', Heucherella 'Strike It Rich Gold', batface cuphea Alicia: veilchenblau cuttings?, carolina allspice, plumbago, cherry bells, camp cross, wineberry, black & red raspberry, buddleia for cinnamon fern, swamp cyrilla cuttings, roof iris, azaleas, royal fern?, styrax cutting, ruellia?, s. roemeriana? & s. coccinea seeds Nancedar: yellow tb iris, sib iris, apricot daylilies, hyperion dayliles for mini irises, selengella, shade sedum & native sedum, Dogridge/krystol: vinca!, apricot daylilies, nepeta, hosta seedlings? for rue seedlings, boulders Magick: berry plants, kiwi cuttings, mulberries for hostas, peony Ais:wood phlox, for jap anemone, John: plects, for jungle gold, but we can swap whenever Moka jo: sedums, lemon/lime thyme, asclepias seed, ice plant, for yellow/red yarrow Amyflora: seeds- poppy, larkspur, nigella, 'buttered popcorn' ranunclus, hellebores for adele for blue stockings monarda?, contraband girl? Tanya: wineberry, black raspberry for stripey & pineapple toms, peach iceplant Dana: swap lizrads; for ellen's blue buddleia cuttings? Cutter: mock orange cuttings? for rice paper plant? Shari: chartreuse & 'john creech' sedum, gold coin plectranthus, iris cristata, 'aloha' cutting for miscanthus 'little kitten', rudbeckia 'goldsturm', grape penstemmon please let me asap if you notice anything amiss. thanks! tam

I have the following for SASBE: canna Richard Wallace rhizomes Florence Vaughn rhixomes White Butterfly Ginger ehizomes Purple Mexican Petunia cuttings White nerium oleander rooted Please email jen@gulfcoastrentals.com

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Barb! look at all of those flowers! Those violets are pretty but they are a real pest here! spread like wiregrass! You really make me miss tulips too! (I knew winter was good for something!) Is that a trillium at the top! I can't remember the last time I saw a trillium!I am sorry to hear that Al has pain, I have suffered from hip/joint pain for several years, the doctors have told me the best treatment is 'keep moving' grrrr, sometimes it is very tough to do. Regina I am happy that you are getting some rain! (I hate to complain about water from the sky but it is still raining off and on here! The plants are loving it, but it sure makes it unpleasant outside (muggy, mosquitos and soggy) That Brug is beautiful! I can't wait till mine bloom, I have 3 potted and one in the ground, I just love those leaves! Even if they didn't have flowers My elephant ears hit the ground running too, all this water really perked them up. I cannot believe the size of the leaf on one of them (Is it my imagination or are those leafs still growing?!?!) Here is a photo of some of the plants Michelle sent (see the little rose that bloomed in the box!!! 9 different coleus cuttings!!! can't wait to pot those up! they are gorgeous! Michelle I am sorry to hear about your little GH! Glad that is was not worse and that you and your family are fine! Last of the Iris Peony my herb garden Hummingbird magnet! Tropical Sub-Tropical Surplus Swap Status 1.bigmama4ever sends to chellflower 2. ladygreensleeves sends to rosepedal SURPLUS SENT and RECIEVED! 3. fcoffill sends to Tina_2 SURPLUS SENT and RECIEVED 4. rosepedal sends to deig01991 SURPLUS SENT AND RECIEVED 5. deig01991 sends to divahethr SURPLUS SENT and RECIEVED 6. chellflower sends to ladygreensleeves SURPLUS SENT and RECIEVED 7.divahether sends to greenthumbgrow SURPLUS SENT and RECIEVED 8. greenthumbgrow sends ro Micyrey SURPLUS SENT 9. tina_2 and micyrey send SMALL (yes SMALL please) boxes to fcoffill miceyrey - SURPLUS SENT and RECIEVED Have a great day everyone! Frances