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About Achira
Edible red and yellow-orange 2.5” flowers are attractive in salads. Roots can be roasted like a potato. Peeled stems and young shoots can be stir-fried like bamboo shoots.
The leaves may be used like banana leaves to wrap food for outdoor roasting or grilling but are not eaten. Native to the West Indies and South America. Here's an article on preparing and eating the tubers, how they taste. Additional name: English: Indian Shot
About Canna
Super-vigorous roots, once an essential crop of the Incas, are still used as food in the Andes and are the source of arrowroot starch in Australia.
Pot Size & Price
5.25-in. pot
$5.00
Height
48"–72"
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun
Partial Sun
Catalog
V053
Plant Traits
Culinary
Edible Flowers