Canna flaccida Conifers around a center of yellow

around a center of yellow stamens

a rock or gravel garden

In early spring the fiddleheads emerge a rosy to burgundy hue and uncurl into the distinctive bird's-foot

For a gardener in the Carolinas or Georgia

Where many small trees demand sun

Canna flaccida Conifers around a center of yellowCanna flaccida is the wild golden canna of the Southern coastal plain, a native perennial with the broad, light green, tropical looking leaves of the genus and large soft yellow flowers held above them in summer. Where the heavy garden cannas read as bedding, this species keeps a looser, wilder grace, the petals thin and almost orchid like, opening in the morning and lasting a day. In the wild the plant runs through marsh edges, ditches, and shallow