Canna ‘River Ouse’
Group(s): Aquatic Group
Series : [River Series]
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Yellow
Blooming: Average bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Slow
Origin: DALEBØ Thor
Breeding: C. ‘Endeavour’ x C. ‘River Wye’
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France, France in 2007, Canna (Balisier) ‘River Ouse’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; green foliage, lanceolate shaped, transparent margin, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured canary-yellow, throat old-rose, staminodes are long and narrow, edges irregular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, 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 pink; tillering is slow.
A member of the River Series series, Canna ‘River Ouse’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is C. ‘Endeavour’ x C. ‘River Wye’.
Thor Dalebø