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Canna ‘Endeavour’
Group(s): Aquatic Group
Series : [Longwood Water Series]
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Red
Blooming: Low bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Average
Origin: Longwood Gardens
Breeding: unnamed x glauca
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by R.J. Armstrong, of Longwood Gardens, USA, Canna (Balisier) ‘Endeavour’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, maroon margin, upright habit; round main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; flowers are open, self-coloured red (RHS 45B), staminodes are narrow, edges regular, fully self-cleaning, low bloomer, 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 Longwood Water Series series, Canna ‘Endeavour’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is unnamed x glauca.
Thor Dalebø