red water lily flower Dwarf Pink Water Lily For Sale

red water lily flower Dwarf Pink Water Lily For SaleEase to Grow: Easy Dormancy: Yes Native Range: Wetlands of Eastern North and South America Zones: 5 7 (4 8) Our Pink Dwarf Water Lily, Nymphae sp., is an excellent cover plant for aquatic carnivores such as Aldrovanda and Bladderworts. It's small size lends well to growing in a small pond or other confined spaces. Flowers emerge pink and mature to a deep pink red color with bright orange stamens. The flowers are long lasting. Leaves are about 2" round

Ease to Grow: Easy
Dormancy: Yes
Native Range: Wetlands of Eastern North and South America
Zones: 5-7  (4-8)

Our Pink Dwarf Water Lily, Nymphae sp., is an excellent cover plant for aquatic carnivores such as Aldrovanda and Bladderworts. It's small size lends well to growing in a small pond or other confined spaces. Flowers emerge pink and mature to a deep pink-red color with bright orange stamens. The flowers are long lasting. Leaves are about 2" round and dark green to reddish green to brown in full sunlight. It is a hardy water lily and dormancy is required. It is a prolific easy grower. The rhizomes can grow and multiply rapidly, forming an ever increasing cluster. It is an excellent companion for bladderworts and Aldrovanda, providing dappled light, and organic matter to the water, essential for the development of micro organisms that become the prey for aquatic carnivorous plants. It is propagated from seeds and cuttings.

Plants are shipped in 2.5" mesh pot. In it's dormant season, it will be shipped as a dormant rhizomes with trimmed leaves. Photographs are representative of species and not the specific plant for sale.

Spread: 6"-18"
Plant Type: Perennial, cold temperate
Soil: Garden Soil
Soil pH: 5.5-7
Light: Full to Partial Sun
Use: Cover for aquatic carnivorous plants