On Sunday we had a dear friend and her partner over for Sunday lunch. I decorated the table with a vintage jug of flowers snipped from the garden for a splash of colour.
A jug of flowers from the garden
Our friend arrived with a bottle of wine and a beautiful canna lily for the garden. She knows we love our garden.
Yesterday I planted it in the middle of the garden so that it’s in the line of sight from our patio creating a lovely splash of colour.
The canna lily gives a splash of colour to the garden
It is a rhizome, perennial, with tropical like foliage and flowers resembling an iris. It’s low maintenance and easy to grow (good) and gives long lasting colour in the garden. They like full sun and plenty of water.
The rhizome needs some protection in the winter and a deep mulch is advised but we have an old fashioned, single plant, metal and glass, cloche which we will use. It was a birthday gift from my youngest son some years ago and will be very useful for protecting this plant.
Finally I should just say we had a lovely Sunday afternoon of chat and laughter, food and wine and good company, which we will be reminded of every time we feast our eyes on the lovely canna lily.
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What a lovely post and a lovely plant. I have never seen one before .
Your garden always looks lovely all seasons .
I had never seen one before either, I looked it up for more information on it. It is unusual and lovely.