WOW! That is one beautiful flower!
I've never seen one like it before.
Did you buy it locally?

Eliza Ann

Absolutely beautiful! I would love to see more pics of your garden. Does your bamboo get really tall? I bought some last fall and it died back to the ground but came back nicely. I'm envious of your zone, you likely have little problems like that.
Heather

Eliza Ann,
Thanks...I did buy it locally. Probably The Home Depot or some such place.
Heather,
I do post pics periodically on the Palms & Cycads, Northwest Gardening, Bamboo, Banana, Cacti & Sucullents and Tropicalesque Gardens forums. I rarely post them here as there seems to be little interest in zone 8 gardening on the Canadian forum. And Yes, I have bamboo that in time will be about 50 feet in height. Currently the Japanese Timber bamboo is about 20' tall. I have many other bamboo that need planting soon.

Cheers, Barrie.

I love those spotted leaf callas! I have a yellowish-orange flowering one "Flame", but it's pretty big - 3' easily.

Eliza Ann - the big spotted leaf callas are usually Zantedeschia elliottiana hybrids. They don't all have spotted leaves however (although most do), so if possible either buy one with a photo, leaves already formed, or know the name. "Golden Calla" and "Flame" are the two easiest ones to find.

I so wish we could grow the big bamboos. There's an old grove of oldhamii near my parent's place in Florida that's easily 40-50 feet tall. It makes this great clacking sound in the wind!

BP

BP,

Here's some Japanese Timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides) begining a new seasons growth in my step daughters garden. The newest growth is pushing up through the lawn area.
A small Gunnera plant is also visible on the left. In time it will be many times the size seen here.

Cheers, Barrie (Vancouver Island)
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