tot up a pop of color to a home landscape painting with a tall , showy flower , either toward the back of your garden or as a mass planting . Many tall flowers , including variety show of lilies , Zantedeschia aethiopica and cannas , turn on a individual stem and are available in a rainbow of colour . Most tall , individual - stem flowers thrive in strong climates or as summer annuals in cool mood . Whether bulbs , Tuber or rhizomes , note the flower ’s hardiness degree before planting , as some should be dug and salt away through the winter .

Callas

The genus Calla ’s ( Zantedeschia ) graceful , retinal cone - shaped flower bracts and undimmed green , lance - regulate foliage bestow pastime to any home landscape painting . The bract surrounds a yellow - white central spike heel . The common calla ( Z. aethiopica ) has a livid bract that is up to 8 inch long and grows on a individual stem that can reach 3 fundament . The leafage is evergreen . Other cultivar are available in pink , purples and yellow .

Callas grow in clump out of rhizomes and can spread , so plant only a few ultimately results in a large belt of plant life . These flowers are unfearing to 10 degree F and should be planted in full Sunday in most sphere , though if you are in a particularly hot area , callas will abide part shade .

Cannas

Cannas ( Canna x generalis ) are known for their showy blooms as well as their colourful foliage . These plants have single salad days at the top of 6 - foot stalks with leaf may be solid gullible , bronze or red . The leaves , similar to those on banana tree trees or ginger plant life , grow on alternate sides of the stalk . Canna blossom , which are available in blues , oranges , pinks , red ink and white , propogate easily and may become invasive .

Cannas are tuberous - rooted perennial that die back in cold atmospheric condition . In the warmest areas , U.S. Department of Agriculture industrial plant hardiness zona 9 and above , these plants should bloom continuously and foliation stays healthy all year . In colder regions , tubers may be dig up and stored for wintertime . Cannas expand in full sun and require even watering .

Madonna Lily

While all appendage of the lily sept produce showy blooms on single stems , the Madonna lily ( Lilium candidum ) also has a sweet fragrance . These snowy , star - shape bloom grow on a single theme of up to 4 foot and foliage is small-scale , oblong and bright light-green . The blossom bloom in belated spring to other summertime and the flora break back after the bloom , but grows newfangled foliage beginning in pin .

This ardent - weather flower may be grown as an annual in cold region . The Madonna lily grows from a lightbulb that should be planted no more than 2 inches below the surface . These flowers should be planted where root get shade but flowers and foliage get full sun ; and soil should be kept moist .

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