Hardy Water Canna

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Water Feature Gardening 

CREATING interest in a water garden

Commonly known as hardy water canna, powdery alligator flag, or powdery thalia (Thalia dealbata).  According to the Missouri Botanical Gardens, it is found in southeastern lowland regions from South Carolina to Missouri. Thalia is found in boggy areas and swamps and likes an organic loamy soil.

White Ginger Lily

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Gardening for Fragrance

CREATING summer fragrance in a southern garden

White Ginger Lily  (Hedychium coronarium)

The White ginger plant can reach five feet tall and in late July and through August produces a very fragrant white flower.  The scent is as lovely as the flower.

All material © 2019 by Jeanette Hyden for Grassroots Horticulture

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Summer Flowering Bulbs

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Gardening + Bulbs, Corms and Rhizomes

CREATING EXOTIC SPACES

Pineapple lily  (Asparagaceae family)  and Croscomia  (Iridaceae family)

Croscomia (Iridaceae family)

Crinum (Amaryllidaceae)

Planted along the Water's Edge

Powdery alligator-flag (Thalia dealbata)

Thalia dealbata, also known as powdery thalia, water canna, powdery alligator-flag, is an aquatic plant from Mexico and several southern states of the United States. It grows to 6 ft (1.8 m), with small violet flowers on an 8 in (20 cm) panicle held above the foliage. Thalia dealbata adds a noticeable tropical touch to landscapes, ponds, swamps, and other wet places for its tropical-looking foliage, elaborate and pretty purple flowers and low maintenance. Thank you to Zac at The Pond Megastore for his identification.

Thalia belongs to the Order, Zingiberales along with the plants; bird-of-paradise, prayer plants, Cannas, bananas, plantains, ginger, turmeric, and cardamon.

                                                                                                                 

Pontederia  (Pontederiaceae family)

The Italian arum, native to the Canary Islands, flowers in the spring but produces a colorful fruit for summer color.

Italian arum (Araceae family)

The ginger is not in flower but the foliage adds tropical elements to the landscape.

         

Grassroots Horticulture

2024

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