We are Canna enthusiasts, who grow and supply quality Canna rhizomes, plants and seeds. You will find about 20 varieties of Cannas on this site. All are from our own stock, and are virus free, giving you the opportunity to select and grow these beautiful plants. Thanks to other friendly Canna enthusiasts (see our relative links page), we have many more varieties, but not yet in enough quantities to put up for sale.

There is nothing in the plant kingdom remotely like Cannas. Classified in their own plant family Cannaceae, in which there is only one genus Canna, it can be said that few other plants are as remotely connected to the remainder of the plant world. The closest living relations to Cannas are the other plant families of the order Zingiberales, which are the Gingers, Bananas, Marantas, Heliconias, Stelitzias, etc. In general, these are all tropical herbaceous plants having large leaves which open by unfurling. Although Cannas are now naturalized in many tropical countries of the world, they originated in the Mid-Americas from Florida through the Panama to the warmer parts of South America and the West Indies. For over 4000 years the plant was cultivated by the native American people, who ate the rhizomes, and used the large leaves for various purposes. Today Cannas are cultivated all over the world, there are over 500 named species and cultivars.