"The earth laughs in flowers".... so said Ralph Waldo Emerson. How true! Ma earth laughs so prettily....and, in so many different ways! The Canna, is one of my husband's favourite flowers. Easy to grow, it asks for some sunshine & regular watering - that's all. Even so, I'm not sure why the canna isn't that popular in home gardens. Of course, they are very popular in parks and landscaped gardens - usually as border plants or in the centre of a circular theme. Canna was one of my mother's favourite flowers. We have one here that has its origins in her garden. The flowers are smaller than the regular canna flowers. Quite recently, I read somewhere that the bulbs of this variety are edible. And, I have seen small birds visiting regularly - their 'juice shoppe', I guess! This red canna here is S'man's favourite. S'man drops in sometimes to help us out with gardeni