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Nelumbo nucifera
Flower Color: Green
Plant Height: Medium, 30" or taller
Flower Type: Multi-petal, more than 50
Suggested Pot Size: 16" or wider, 10"-14" deep
GREEN ALERT!!!! Ruffled Petals!
Gold & Jade Peony is a spectacular lotus with a flower that is exceptionally large, brilliantly bright, and impossible to overlook! Its abundant petals glow in luminous shades of golden yellow, lemon, and soft buttery cream, creating the look of a magnificent peony floating above the water.
The many layers of ruffled petals give this lotus tremendous depth and texture, while subtle touches of green peek through the petals and echo the flower's wonderfully distinctive jade-green seedpod. The fresh green center surrounded by radiant golden petals creates a striking gold-and-jade color combination that gives this variety its memorable name.
This is a flower for anyone who loves BIG, bold lotus blooms. When Gold & Jade Peony opens, it puts on a spectacular display—a huge, glowing yellow flower that seems to capture the sunshine itself.
Bright, enormous, beautifully ruffled, and truly eye-catching, Gold & Jade Peony is a golden treasure for the water garden!
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.