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| Canna 'River Mersey' |
Origin DALEBØ Thor
Parentage C, 'River Avon' x C. 'River Wye'
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Form Upright
Flower Pink
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Summer to frosts
Tillering Average
Available Specialist
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France in 2007, Canna 'River Mersey' is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; light green foliage, lanceolate shaped, acute apex, white margin, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured cerise-pink, staminodes are long and narrow, edges irregular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not true to type, self-pollinating, capsules globose; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.
A member of the River Series series, Canna 'River Mersey' is available from specialist growers; breeding is Canna 'River Avon' x Canna 'River Wye'.
The River Series cultivars have been bred to populate garden ponds that are just a few metres square, compared with the much larger Longwood Water Series destined for huge ponds and lakes.References
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