Flower Canna The Decorative Plant
Flower Canna (Canna indica L) approximately comes from tropics area of America. In Indonesia, Canna flowers are planted mostly in gardens, walkways for pedestrians or street winnow. It is also known as prayer beads-flower (Bunga tasbih) or sometimes as a forest ganyong.
The origin Cannas flowers colored red, yellow and pink, now there are many new variations of color, as a result of the crossing swear. Cannas grow seasonally in team, and thrive in rotation.
Not only the flower, Cannas leaves are significant also. The different colors as red, maroon, old green, chartreuse and artistic designs that look like Batik fabrics. That is why, even without flowers, Cannas can also be used for fence.
Unique Banana : Decorative Banana (Heliconia)
Heliconia is also called ‘decorative banana plant‘. Named with banana, because this plant has leaves which exactly look like banana leaves. Heliconia is a tropics plant, so it loves sunshine and warmth.
Heliconia has reed like stem. The flower is very unique, hanging down to the standing plant, with bright red in the centre and yellow color in the edges.
Hibiscus for herbs, beauty, and medication
- White Hibiscus
Hibiscus, or rosemallow, is a large genus of about 200–220 species of flowering plants that is in native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Many species are grown for their showy flowers or used as landscape shrubs.
Hibiscus is also a primary ingredient in many herbal teas and medication.
Not only that, Hibiscus has been so close to ancient cultures and society.
- One species of Hibiscus, known as Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus), is extensively used in paper making.
- Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is used as a vegetable and to make herbal teas and jams (especially in the Caribbean). In Latin America, the drink is known as Jamaica and is quite popular. It is made from calyces of the roselle plant. In Egypt and Sudan, Roselle petals make a tea named after the plant, karkade.
- In Polynesia these fibers (fau, purau) are used for making grass skirts. They have also been known to be used to make wigs.
- In India, the Hibiscus is used as an offering to Goddess Kali and Lord Ganesha in Hindu worship.
