Pond_plants_09.jpg (43838 bytes)Hardy water lilies (Nymphaea) are those plants that survive the winter in the temperate zones just like other perennials in the garden. They come in a wide range of colors and tolerate moving water better than many tropical types. Hardy lilies generally bloom at lower water temperatures than the tropicals and thus get off to an earlier start in the backyard pond.

Hardy lilies bloom in shades of white, yellow, pink, orange and red. Sizes range from miniatures to huge flowers several inches in diameter. Hardy lilies grow from rhizomes and should be grown in wide shallow tubs or baskets. The rhizome should be placed in the soil at a 45 o angle and covered with soil and 1 inch of gravel. Be sure to leave the growing tip above the soil and gravel. Tropical and hardy water lilies should be covered with 6 to 18 inches of water.

 Water lilies should bloom from the end of May to frost, from mid-morning until dusk. All are day bloomers.

Hardy Water Lily Cultivars by Flower Color:
White Red Pink Yellow
Albatross
Collosea
Gladstone
Gonnere
Hal Miller
Hermine
Marliacea Albida
Odorata Minor
Poslingberg
Queen of Whites
Virginalis
Virginia
 
Attraction
Bernice Ikins
Charles de Meurville
Conqueror
Ellisiana
Escarboucle
Flammea
Gloriosa
James Brydon
Laydecker Fulgens
Laydecker Purpurara
Picciola
Pygmae Rubra
Radiant Red
Sinius
Rembrandt
Robinsoniana
Sultan
Vesuve
William Falconer
American Star
Apple Blossom Pink
Arc-En-Ciel
Brackleyi Rosea
Carolina Sunset
Fabiola
Firecrest
Fisher Pink
Formosa
Hollandia
Joanne Pring
Laydecker Lilacea
Marliac Carnea
Masaniello
Maurice Laydeker
Mayla
Nigel
Norma Gedye
Patricia
Pearl of the Pool
Perry's Pink
Peter Slocum
Pink Opal
Pink Sensation
Rosanna Supreme
Ray Davies
Rose Arey
Rose Nymph
Rene Gerard
Rosy Morn
Perry's Strawberry Pink
Sumptuosa
Charlene Strawn
Chromatello
Joey Tomocik
Sunrise
Moorei
Texas Dawn
Colonel A.J. Welch
Mexicana
 

 

Orange
Andreana
Aurora
Comanche
Graziella
Indiana
Lucida
Paul Hariot
Sioux
Solfatare
 
 
 
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