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Book Boy Mini Lotus - Ten Mile Creek Nursery
Book Boy Mini Lotus - Ten Mile Creek Nursery
Book Boy Mini Lotus - Ten Mile Creek Nursery
2023 Book Boy - Ten Mile Creek Nursery
2023 Book Boy - Ten Mile Creek Nursery
Book Boy - Ten Mile Creek Nursery
Book Boy Micro Lotus
Book Boy Micro Lotus
Ten Mile Creek Nursery / Sacred Lotus, Nelumbo nucifera

Book Boy Micro Lotus

$34.00

Nelumbo nucifera


Flower Color: Soft Red
Plant Height: Bowl/Mini, under 13"
Flower Type: Single or Few Petals, less than 20 petals
Pot Size: 8” and wider, 4"- 7” deep



Book Boy — A Petite Lotus with a Big Presence

Book Boy is small enough for a bowl, graceful enough for a collection, and floriferous enough to make its little corner of the garden feel like a miniature lotus pond.

Book Boy is a charming miniature bowl lotus whose compact stature makes it especially appealing for small-space water gardens. Despite its diminutive size, the flowers have an elegant, full-bodied presence, with layers of softly cupped petals creating a beautifully rounded bloom.

The petals glow in shades of delicate pink, rosy lavender, and warm blush, becoming lighter toward the interior. Fine veins run through each petal, adding subtle texture and definition. Some of the outer petals carry warmer peach-pink tones, giving the flower a lovely depth as the bloom opens.

The flowers rise neatly above the small leaves, and the partially visible golden-yellow center adds a warm flash of color among the pink petals. In the photograph, several blooms and buds appear together, showing how nicely this little lotus can create a succession of flowers even within a confined growing space.

What makes Book Boy particularly useful is its adaptability: it grows well in a very small pot, making it a wonderful choice for gardeners who want to enjoy a true lotus without needing a large pond or container.

 


Do you want to grow this one as a mini lotus? Please let us know by writing in the comment section of the check out page - "TO BE GROWN IN SMALL POT". Directions for planting as a micro lotus are found below.

 

Pot-in-Pot Method for Micro Lotus
EXQUISITE OF BOWL LOTUS (MICRO LOTUS) “Lotus cultivars developed to grow and flourish in very small pots (4”-12” wide, 8” or less deep). These hybrids usually stay less than 13” tall.”

We recommend growing these varieties using the pot-in-pot method.

Choose two pots:
Pot A – small display pot. This is the smallest of the two pots and should measure at least 4” smaller in diameter and 2” less in height than Pot B. The lotus tuber is planted in Pot A. This pretty pot can be removed from Pot B for display when lotus is blooming.
Pot B - larger outside growing pot, not for display. Pot A should be able to sit in Pot B with about at least a 2” margin on all sides and at top.

1) Fill Pot A (display pot) ¾ full of topsoil.
2) Fill to top with water and plant tuber in Pot A.
3) Place Pot A in Pot B.
4) Slowly fill Pot B with water, making sure that there is at least 1” of water above the top rim of Pot A, the display pot with planted tuber.
5) Place in direct sun. Keep water level higher than top rim of Pot A.
 
HOW TO FERTILIZE LOTUS
For conventional fertilizer (tablets or loose prills) which releases quickly when water is added:
Wait until the lotus plant has several floating leaves or begins to put up aerial leaves before adding fertilizer.
Choose a good fertilizer such as Waterlily World Tablets, Pondtabbs or Landon’s Aquatic Fertilizer and follow the instructions carefully. The amount of fertilizer to use is usually based on the size of the pot and the amount of soil in the pot. For example, most of the small tablets are added at a ratio of 1-2 tablets per gallon of soil in the pot. Once the lotus has started to grow vigorously tablets can be added every 2-3 weeks. Stop fertilizing in late summer to allow the lotus to use up all the fertilizer in the pot before going dormant. This encourages the lotus to form better rhizomes.
For SLOW-RELEASE FERTILIZER like Nutricote 14-4-14, 100 day fertilizer:
*follow amount directions on package. Place fertilizer around the bottom of the pot then add soil. Plant rhizome in the soil at the top of soil layer and let it grow down to find fertilizer. We use slow-release fertilizer but begin adding extra Pondtabbs after 3 months when growth gets vigorous and we continue adding extra fertilizer until late summer.
Do NOT use 360 day fertilizer because it will release fertilizer for too long and the lotus will not form as many rhizomes when it goes dormant.

 



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