Nelumbo Nucifera
I love lotus, yes, I do.
I love lotus, how 'bout you?
VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES!
A small child's rhyme and the air filled with the sound of happy laughter. Doesn't that sound like a perfect day? Well, here's a little rhyme for your garden, a perfectly balanced little bowl lotus for your patio table or outdoor windowsill. The flowers open big and wide - this lotus is a little beauty! We recommend the pot-in-pot method if you plan to grow this lotus in a pot smaller than 8" wide. See below
Flower Color: Red
Plant Height: Bowl, up 13” tall
Flower Type: Single or Few Petals, less than 20 petals
Pot Size: 10” and wider, 4”-10” deep
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.