I took this picture in my own backyard. The canna is the first and only flower I've been able to grow from seed, and that's due 100% to the plant. The seeds are hard little balls. I threw them at the ground, and a few months later -- flowers!
Their ease of growth (regardless of whether you actually want them to grow) is doubtlessly why they have the name "cannna," which is a Celtic word meaning "cane" or "reed."
The seeds are so hard and small and round, in fact, that they can be -- and have been -- used for buckshot. I like the seeds for making jewelry.
Scientifically speaking: canna is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants and the only genus in the family Cannaceae.
Their ease of growth (regardless of whether you actually want them to grow) is doubtlessly why they have the name "cannna," which is a Celtic word meaning "cane" or "reed."
The seeds are so hard and small and round, in fact, that they can be -- and have been -- used for buckshot. I like the seeds for making jewelry.
Scientifically speaking: canna is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants and the only genus in the family Cannaceae.