Canna ‘Riven Mist’
Group(s): Aquatic Group
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Orange
Blooming: Outstanding bloomer
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Slow
Origin: Rivendell Botanic Gardens
Breeding: C. ‘Erebus’ x C. ‘Omega’
Availability: Specialist growers
Canna (Balisier) ‘Riven Mist’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured orange, staminodes are narrow, fully self-cleaning, outstanding 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.
Canna ‘Riven Mist’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is C. ‘Erebus’ x C. ‘Omega’.
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