River Usk

Canna 'River Usk'

Canna 'River Usk'

(Aquatic Group) 

[River Series]

Origin DALEBØ Thor
Parentage Canna 'Endeavour' x open
Height Medium, over 3ft/90cm
Foliage Green
Form Upright
Flower Red
Blooming Good bloomer
Flowering Summer to frosts
Tillering Prolific
Available Specialist

Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France in 2007, Canna 'River Usk' is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; mid green foliage, lanceolate shaped, acute apex, white margin, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured burnt-red, staminodes are narrow, edges serrated, petals purple with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.

A member of the River Series series, Canna 'River Usk' is available from specialist growers; breeding is Canna 'Endeavour' x open.

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.

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