
Light:
Sun
Type:
Water
Height:
3 to 8 feet
Width:
2-6 feet wide
Flower Color:
Pink,
White
Foliage Color:
Chartreuse/Gold
Seasonal Features:
Summer Bloom
Special Features:
Cut Flowers,
Fragrance,
Good for Containers
Zones:
5-9
how to grow Lotus
Propagation
Division
more varieties for Lotus
Baby Doll lotus
(Nelumbo ‘Baby Doll’) offers white blooms on a dwarf plant sized just right for container water gardens. Zones 3-10
Double Rose lotus
(Nelumbo ‘Rosea Plena’) is a gorgeous variety that unfurls fully double, rich rose flowers. The plants grow 6 feet tall and wide. Zones 4-11
Momo Botan lotus
(Nelumbo ‘Momo Botan’) bears huge magenta flowers that stay open for days and appear in summer and fall. It grows 4 feet tall and 5 feet wide. Zones 4-11
Mrs. Perry D. Slocum lotus
(Nelumbo ‘Mrs. Perry D. Slocum’) offer attractive blooms that start out pink with a touch of yellow and change to yellow with a pink blush. The plants grow 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide. Zones 4-11
Sacred lotus
(Nelumbo nucifera) features broad white petals tipped in rose pink that radiate around a central crown of golden seedpod fringed in gold stamens. The plant grows 5 feet wide. Zones 4-10
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SOURCE:http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/water/lotus/