Cultivated in tropical countries and endemic in the Southeast Asia-Pacific region, canna is a flowering herb that grows up to 2.5 meters in height.

The Extended Family: Bananas, Cannas, Turmeric Maybe the most familiar tropical for creating garden drama is canna, a distant cousin of ginger, from a common taxonomic order but a different family.

Cannas, being a tropical plant, ... I grew carrots this year and was wondering if the greens or tops of the carrots are edible. It seems like a waste to throw them out. — Bart. A.