Canna ‘River Loire’
Group(s): Aquatic Group
Series : [River Series]
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Pink
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Good
Origin: DALEBØ Thor
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France, France, Canna (Balisier) ‘River Loire’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, acute apex, upright habit; spikes of flowers are white and pale-rose, edges regular, stamen is primrose-yellow speckled with old-rose, petals green, 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 pink; tillering is good.
A member of the River Series series, Canna ‘River Loire’ is available from specialist growers.
Thor Dalebø