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3 unusual facts about canna


Canna, Scotland

A' Chill, situated to the north west of Canna Harbour was the main settlement until 1851 when the island was cleared.

Chorrera culture

Crops cultivated by Chorrera people include achira (Canna), arrowroot (Maranta), corn (Zea mays), common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), as well as gourds and squash (Cucurbitaceae).

Colin Prior

In 2007 his work on Canna helped boost visitor numbers to the National Trust for Scotland's HQ.


Canna Agriculture Group

The Canna Agriculture Group contains all of the varieties of Canna used in agriculture.

Hypanartia paullus

They are most frequently encountered perching along the forest edge on the tops of leaves with the wings half open or nectaring on a variety of flowers, including Eupatorium, Daucus, Palicourea, Tournefortia, Urera, Senecio and Canna species.

Kayamb

Kayambas are made of reed (or sugar cane flower stems) and is filled with jequirity or canna seeds, it is shaken horizontally with both hands.

Théodore Année

Théodore Année, a wealthy, retired French diplomatic consul in South America, returned to France in the mid-1840s and settled in rue des Réservoirs, Passy, Paris, where he devoted himself to the culture of tropical plants from South America, having brought back with him the taste for plants with beautiful foliage, especially the Canna genus.


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