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

Peak bloom comes in late spring

the source of the old folk name cow-itch

around a center of yellow stamens

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

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