Canna ‘River Wye’
Group(s): Aquatic Group
Series : River Series
Height: Small, under 1m
Flower: Multi-coloured
Blooming: Good bloomer
Period: Early summer until frosts
Foliage: Green
Form: Upright
Tillering: Average
Origin: DALEBØ Thor
Breeding: C. ‘River Teme’ x self
Availability: Specialist growers
Introduced by Thor Dalebø of Normandy, France, France in 2006, Canna (Balisier) ‘River Wye’ is a small aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, transparent margin, upright habit; spikes of flowers are reflexed, pink tinged with canary-yellow, staminodes are narrow, edges irregular, petals yellow, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, flowers in early summer until frosts, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules ellipsoid; rhizomes are long and thin, coloured white; tillering is average.
A member of the River Series series, Canna ‘River Wye’ is available from specialist growers; breeding is C. ‘River Teme’ x self.
Seedling of C. ‘Teme’ x self. Thor Dalebø