Common name: Calla lily

Size, form, texture: height 1-3 ft, spread 1-1.5 ft, clumping basal foliage with long elegant stems emerging and bracts and flowers at tip of stem.

Hardiness, origin, native ecology: native to East Africa, Z 8, but with climate change is hardy enough to survive Vancouver, tolerates wet soil at any time, grows very well at edge of body of water, best exposed to western sun but shaded for hottest part of the day, floppier and taller in shade,

Bud, foliage, flower and fruit characteristics: arrow shaped leaves (common to philodendron family), white trumpet shaped bract surrounds yellow spadex, anthers visible shedding pollen at appropriate time, fibrous pithy stems with lush green basal foliage, fruit is club like structure with red berries, fleshy rhizomatous root, resistant to rot as long as its not to cold or frosty

Cultural and maintenance requirements and appropriate uses in the landscape: great cute flower, beautiful in borders or beds, nice accent to any landscape, understated elegance, would look nice with lush green vegetation like ferns surrounding.