Canna flaccida Conifers In early spring the fiddleheads

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

Like the rest of the species

built from many narrow strap-like segments with no clear line between petal and sepal

thought extinct in the wild

The beautyberries have a working life beyond ornament

Canna flaccida Conifers In early spring the fiddleheadsCanna 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