Canna is an upright tropical perennial with large oval leaves and orchid-like flowers. Cannas can be grown in all regions, but they will be killed by frost if not protected or lifted and brought indoors. Cannas are often grown for their decorative foliage as much as their colorful flowers. Foliage is sometimes green and yellow…
Camassis also called camass
Caladium is grown for its long-stalked, broadly arrow- or lance-shaped leaves which are beautifully variegated white, pink, or red. Caladiums bear greenish-white spathes with green flowers that are followed by white berries. Caladium’s dazzling foliage lasts from spring to early autumn; it then disappears until the following spring. Caladium grows from thick underground tubers. They…
Tuberous begonias have beautiful, large and dramatic, usually double flowers in various forms, including rose and camellia-like. Some are fragrant and many have attractive and fancy tear-shaped leaves. Tuberous begonia types range from plants with saucer-size blooms to those covered with small blossoms. Some are upright growers suited for flower beds and borders, others are…
The best known members of this genus is the North American wildflower commonly called Jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum. The tiny flowers are clustered on a central stalk (the “jack”) which is a spadix; the spadix is surrounded by a modified leaf (the “pulpit”) which is a spathe. Commonly the spathe bends over at its tip to…
Agapanthus is an evergreen perennial with strap-shaped leaves and spherical heads of commonly deep blue trumpet-shaped flowers. Flowers appear on sturdy unbranched stems during summer. Agapanthus is suitable for mixed or single plantings. They are very showy massed in borders or edging along walks or drives. Dwarf varieties are well-suited for small gardens or containers….
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