Canna ‘River Seine’
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: Prolific
Origin: DALEBØ Thor
Breeding: C. ‘Annei’ x C. ‘River Teme’
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France, France in 2011, Canna (Balisier) ‘River Seine’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; green foliage, lanceolate shaped, acute apex, transparent margin, upright habit; round main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured salmon, staminodes are narrow, edges regular, 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 prolific.
A member of the River Series series, Canna ‘River Seine’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is C. ‘Annei’ x C. ‘River Teme’.
Thor Dalebø