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Son plantas perennes, herbáceas o leñosas, erectas, rastreras o trepadoras, de hojas muy decorativas. Las hojas son de consistencia y grosor notables, ovales, en forma de corazón o punta de flecha, bastante grande, a veces divididas en lóbulos o incluso en forma de mano. El espádice, que a menudo se confunde con la flor del anturio, constituye el elemento de mayor curiosidad: puede ser rojo, purpúreo, verde manzana, rosa intenso, casi anaranjado, blancas, negras y amarillos que son muy difíciles de conseguir. Son llamativas y su tamaño varía según su especie.
A farmer and son plant maize for an on-farm demonstration trial (OFDT) of new maize varieties in the Vemasse sub-district of Baucau, East Timor.
The planting in the Castle Grounds this year has been chosen to commemorate the centenary of the ending of WW1. This display bed, seen from above by the keep, is of poppies. The remaining beds, of which you can see glimpses here, are planted to represent the ribbons on Great War medals. I will try to photograph them before they are lifted to make way for spring bulb planting.
Apparently, these plants grow 1 or 2 inches a year. A plant of 60 feet (20m) can be more than 240 years old!
Day 174 / 365
This is just one of the many plants in the house.
Aside note: I especially like the design of the leaves in the background there. Oooooh!
Canna (or Canna lily, although not a true lily) is a genus of nineteen species of flowering plants.[1][2] The closest living relations to cannas are the other plant families of the order Zingiberales, that is the gingers, bananas, marantas, heliconias, strelitzias, etc.[3]
Canna is the only genus in the family Cannaceae. Such a family has almost universally been recognized by taxonomists. The APG II system of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998) also recognizes the family, and assigns it to the order Zingiberales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots.
The species have large, attractive foliage and horticulturists have turned it into a large-flowered, brash, bright and sometimes gaudy, garden plant. In addition, it is one of the world's richest starch sources, and is an agricultural plant.[3]
Although a plant of the tropics, most cultivars have been developed in temperate climates and are easy to grow in most countries of the world as long as they can enjoy at least 6 hours average sunlight during the summer. See the Canna cultivar gallery for photographs of Canna cultivars.
The name Canna originates from the Celtic word for a cane or reed
This is a seedling I sowed, from a hybrid I created years ago (parents forgotten )
The parent of this new hybrid plant I named 'Katie' after my daughter, and it flowers well with very pale pink flowers. Last year I self pollinated Katie and got seeds. This plant is one of those seedlings! I'm just waiting to see if the flower colour is the same as those of Katie or a throwback to Katie parent's!