Kanna: a flower from antiquity

Kanna is a flower that is always associated with the fluttering flight of hummingbirds, tropical heat, a light temperament, a sea breeze. It is only necessary to land this magnificent blossoming reed in your garden and on the balcony, as the site immediately changes: it becomes more colorful than a banana plantation, more luxurious than royal flower beds. Tropical lush beauty does not require much care: that's why gardeners love this delightful plant. Even the absence of flavor does not spoil it: Kanna is a flower that does not cause allergies to anyone. However, even experienced gardeners do not all know about this wonderful plant. Here is just one fact. During the excavation, the seeds of this plant were found. They lay in a vessel for almost five hundred years, but, being planted in the soil, they ascended and pleased the scientists with their unearthly beauty.

Canna - flower edible

The homeland of cana is America (South and Central) and India, where to this day there is a cult of flowers. Exotic large flowers were brought to the Gods, and they also helped the Indians, Indians and Chinese survive. In these countries and today are bred canna, the rhizomes are prepared for humans, and the roots and leaves are given to feed animals. Names and photos of flowers, which can be deliciously prepared, can be found in special reference books. There are also cooking recipes , based on a canna flower. But that's not all.

Kanna - flower therapeutic

The first to find out that canna saves from bad mood, the African shepherds. They chewed the cannes. Today it is established by chemists: in the stems of plants and their leaves there are so many alkaloids that the flower is a real antidepressant. Only it can not be tried without the doctor's permission. First, not all cannes are medicinal, and, secondly, they can cause poisoning when used improperly. Psychoactive properties of canna are used by pharmacists of some countries.

Kanna - a flower marked with fire and blood

Kanna is the "pipe". This is how the name of this exquisite flower is translated. There is a tradition that he was born from the confusion of fire and blood. In distant and distant times, two tribes of either the Indian or the South American countries signed the peace treaty inscribed on the papyrus . For years tribes lived in peace and harmony. But when the young and ardent leader came to power, he did not observe the conditions of peace, killed another leader, and threw the papyrus into the fire. The bloody papyrus burst out, but it did not burn, but turned into a flower whose bright petals on one side have a color of flame, and on the other - the color of the bloody papyrus.

Kanna - a flower not like other

Today there are dozens of varieties of this plant. Some of them are almost completely exterminated. Others continue to adorn the wild forests-jungles of India, forests of China, America, tropical thickets of other countries. Still others follow the person, independently sprouting in different places. And they can be not only red. Yellow, scarlet, orange, even bicolour - it's all canes. Flowers (photos prove it) bring a romantic mood, bring joy, make you be kinder and more gentle.