Canna indica

A tender, very exotic perennial with flamboyantly-big foliage and dazzling flowers. Definitely for the summer garden: the warmer seasons bring out the best in all lushly-vigorous plants like Cannas. This one can reach to around 2m in height, its broad spear-tipped leaves will tint bronze in bright sun and though small, the red or dark orange flowers are a vibrant flash of exoticism that are an arresting talking point. As if those leaves weren’t enough. Not a shy plant, or one for the faint-hearted gardener.