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Sioux Color Changing Hardy Water Lily
The Sioux Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea rustica 'Sioux') opens a 3 to 4 inch star-shaped chrome-yellow bloom that by the third day has matured to a copper-red which is raised just out of the water, and the flowers often stays open very late into the day. It is fragrant and extremely free flowing with leaves that are lush deep-green that can measure 8 to 9 inches in diameter. |
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Lemon Mist Hardy Water Lily
Lemon Mist Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea 'Lemon Mist') has soft-yellow flowers and the leaves are mottled with purple splotches. It produces lots of blooms throughout its long growing season. |
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Attraction Hardy Water Lily
Attraction Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea x 'Attraction') is a very popular hybrid with one of the largest glowing-red flowers of all the hardy water lilies. It is rated among the worlds greatest lilies, is a very free bloomer, and the blossom makes for excellent cut flowers in arrangements. Its rich flowers are a vibrant red with petals tipped with rose and flecked with white. Attractions stamens are of a rich mahogany-tipped yellow and sepals are white with traces of rose. |
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Mayla Hardy Water Lily
Mayla Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea 'Mayla') has large double fuchsia-pink flowers with bright orange stamens, is one of the most highly scented lilies and can be smelled from a distance. It is a real eye catcher and for best results plant in a large container. |
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Denver Hardy Water Lily
Denver Hardy Water Lily' (Nymphaea 'Denver') lovely double blooms are creamy-white with a tiny primrose-yellow center. It is free flowering with the blooms staying open later in the day, and in peak summer the blossom tends to stand well above the rest of its pads which are dark green with maroon blotches. |
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Walter Pegels Hardy Water Lily
The Walter Pegels is a hardy water lily with medium sized star-shaped blossoms that open to a pale-pink on the first day, gradually turning over to solid snowy-white in the following days. They feature variegated leaves with a slightly scented flower, are a moderately strong bloomer, and are shade tolerant with dark-green pads that are speckled with brown. |
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Planting Instructions:
The rhizome (root) of your water lily needs to be positioned in the aquatic planting media so that the cut end tuber is against the side of the planting container, not in the middle. This gives the root as much room as possible to spread across the pot. Place planting container at the bottom of the pond in up to 18" of depth allowing a minimum of ten inches of water to cover the soil surface.
Planting Container:
Use a planting container that is as large as your pond can accommodate, the larger the soil volume, the larger your water lily flowers and leaves.
Planting Media:
A good quality planting media, such as Microbe-Lift Concentrated Aquatic Planting Media is preferred as the growing medium. Use of bagged potting mix and other lightweight soils should always be avoided, as they will float and continually cloud your water.
Pond Planting Location:
Locate the water lily so that the floating leaves are out of the turbulence of the waterfall or fountain spray, as water splashing on the top of the leaves will discolor and may kill them.
Fertilization:
Regular fertilization of your hardy water lilies will keep them blooming and growing well all season long. Tetra Pond Lily Grow Aquatic Plant Food Fertilizer Tablets or Laguna Temperature Activated Aquatic Plant Fertilizer Spikes can be pushed into the soil at planting time and from April through August, following all manufacturers' recommendation for fertilizer application rates.
