Canna ‘River Mersey’
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: Average
Origin: DALEBØ Thor
Breeding: Canna ‘River Avon’ x Canna ‘River Wye’
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France, France in 2007, Canna (Balisier) ‘River Mersey’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; light green foliage, lanceolate shaped, white margin, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green; triangular flower stalks, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured cerise-pink, staminodes are long and narrow, edges irregular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in summer until frosts, 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 River Series series, Canna ‘River Mersey’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Canna ‘River Avon’ x Canna ‘River Wye’.
The Claines Canna Aquatics have been bred to populate garden ponds that are just a few metres square, compared with the much larger Longwood Aquatics destined for huge ponds and lakes.Thor Dalebø