Some plants are more fun to photograph than others. Need I say more?
We felt like treasure hunters when we spotted this variegated canna lily growing with little or no care pressed up against a building at the Ag Museum in Mississippi…
although unlike the textures in my previous post about the museum, the cannas were not easy to miss.
Sunlight added life to the rippling yellow stripes so the architectural foliage glowed like a beacon.
Canna is a showy, clump-forming tender perennial that grows from rhizomes. Canna ‘Bengal Tiger’, an award-winning variegated form, holds bright orange flowers on sturdy scapes well above the foliage. I left Mississippi before the flowers emerged, which would be from summer through to autumn.
I’m using the name that appealed to me most, but synonyms include Canna ‘Pretoria’, Canna americanallis var. variegata, and Canna striata.
Shared for Cee’s FOTD challenge.
Susan Rushton 
I like the variation in the colour if the stripes and love the last shot, Your choice of name is my favourite too 🙂
Thanks, Eunice. The light was very good on the last one.
I vote for “striata.” You probably know my one-track mind well enough to follow my impulse on this: the images and the word “striata” instantly made me think of phyllo dough. Ergo, “striata.” Oh, yes, dessert is everywhere. My favorite aspect is the last one — do I see tiny drops of water therein?
I do like ‘striata’ too – the word and the filo. You do see some droplets. Well spotted!
Beautiful abstracts.
Thanks.
So pretty! I think that last image is my favorite, but I’m not sure why.
The lighting is very good on that one, and you see more of the clump.
Marvellous striped leaves!
The plant is working hard to command attention.
Beautiful plant. Green and yellow is one of my favorite color combinations.
That would make for an unusually bright chessboard.
🙂
A true garden beauty… so attractive!
Thanks, Eliza.
Thank you very much for letting me know the name this. There’s a one in my front neighbor’s garden and I always admire it whenever I see it. I have also seen the flower and was able to capture one in bloom.
Here’s the link of it:
Thanks for sharing the flower picture.
The green is wonderfully refreshing. We have the orangey brown version on the patio.
That one might be easier to live with.
Their leaves and curl looked like banana plants. Great one Susan!
I can see what you mean.
It is always interesting to take a close look at nature’s designs.
So many patterns and colours…
Your photos with the curved patterns look like paintings. Great shots!
Thanks, Peter. It’s very kind of you to say so.