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Fen Dai
Nelumbo nucifera
Flower Color: Pink
Plant Height: Exquisite of Bowl Lotus (Micro, Mini), 6”-12” tall
Flower Type: Semi-Double, 21-50 petals
Pot Size: 6” and wider, 4”-10” deep
Glowing colors as beautiful as the sunrise with yellow-orange petal bases and pink petal tips make 'Little Pink Beauty' one of the most unusual lotus we grow. The flower has a perfect cup shape. 'Little Pink Beauty' is well-suited for smaller pots. Shallow water is a must!
A little slow to start in the spring but once the weather heats up it will produce lots of flowers. The picture with multiple flowers had two tubers placed in a 12" pot.
The proper name for this lotus is actually 'Pink Beauty' but since there is also a large cultivar with the same name we added the descriptive word 'Little' to help avoid confusion.
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.