(A mildly amusing thought on the nomenclature of this genus – the name originally given these plants and a name still sometimes used by gardeners and in the trade is Calla, yet this name ceased to be the correct name in 1818: one hears that horticulturists are a conservative lot!)
Description:
Indeed, so agreeable and pleasing does our supplier in South Africa find this species that he has more than a thousand of them in his garden transforming it during flowering time into a golden ocean! Scarce in the wild, it is a handsome plant with attractive, green speckled leaves with countless translucent spots and bears gorgeous, large, six inch, elegantly sculptured blooms with golden-yellow spathes with an inside dark purple area at the base and matching golden-yellow spadices. 1½-2 ft. Packet of 10 seeds.
Classification:
Cut Flowers, Half Hardy, Hardy, Perennial
Price:
£3.45 per packet
Guide prices for information only: Euros: € 3.85 US Dollars: $ 5.28