Articles posted on Jan 20, 2008

Canna Lilies and their uses
Detail of the seed pods and seeds. The seeds are used for jewelry and musical instruments.
The plant yields a fibre - from the stem - it is used as a jute substitute.
A fibre obtained from the leaves is used for making paper. The leaves are harvested in late summer
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Cannas Origins & History

The genus is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, from the southern United States (southern South Carolina west to southern Texas) and south to northern Argentina.
 

Although all cannas are native to the New World, they have
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The plants are large tropical and subtropical perennial herbs with a rhizomatous rootstock. The broad, flat, alternate leaves, that are such a feature of this plant, grow out of a stem in a long narrow roll and then unfurl. The leaves are typically solid green but some cultivars have glaucose,
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