Chinese Red Shanghai - Glorious Red Lotus (Bare Root)

Nelumbo nucifera ‘Zhongguohong Shanghai’ — medium lotus, shipped as a dormant lotus tuber.

The reddest flower--WOW! ' Chinese Red Shanghai' will stop you in your tracks every time! Deep red color combines with perfect form to produce one of the best red lotus on the market. A shining star in Master Ding's Chinese City Series. Shanghai is the only medium sized lotus in the City Series so it is not as tall as the others.

At a glance

• Flower color: Brilliant Red
• Flower type: Single or Few Petal, less than 20 petals
• Plant height: Medium, 24'-47"
• Container: 18" and wider, 10"-18" deep

As a medium lotus, this one settles at 6 to 18 inches of water over the crown once established — start a new tuber under 2 to 4 inches and raise the level as it pushes aerial leaves, with the growing tip left uncovered. Pot size, soil and the rest of the method are in the lotus planting instructions.

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