Riven Mist

Canna ‘Riven Mist’

(Aquatic Group)

Origin Rivendell Botanic Gardens
Parentage CannaErebus’ x C. ‘Omega
Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Upright
Flower Orange
Blooming Outstanding bloomer
Tillering Slow

Canna ‘Riven Mist’ is a medium sized aquatic cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; glaucous green foliage, lanceolate shaped, upright habit; oval main stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured orange, staminodes are narrow, fully self-cleaning, outstanding bloomer, 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 slow.

References
Rivendell Botanic Garden, List January 2001
Erebus’ x ‘Omega’. Introduced by Rivendell Botanic Garden, IL. Orange flowers fading to pinkish orange. Bluish leaves. Medium height. Thin rhizomes.