Canna ‘River Trent’
Group(s): Aquatic Group
Series : River Series
Height: Medium, 1-2m
Flower: Yellow
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Average
Origin: DALEBØ Thor
Breeding: Canna ‘Endeavour’ x C. ‘Thames’
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France, France in 2007, Canna (Balisier) ‘River Trent’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; clusters of flowers are open, self-coloured sulphur-yellow, staminodes are long and narrow, edges irregular, labellum is burnt-red with a wide sulphur-yellow margin, stamen is burnt-red, style is sulphur-yellow, petals yellow, 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; tillering is average.
A member of the River Series series, Canna ‘River Trent’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is Canna ‘Endeavour’ x C. ‘Thames’.
Thor Dalebø