Nanzhou Buddha's Light - Prolific bloomer Lotus (Bare Root)

Nelumbo nucifera — large pond lotus, shipped as a dormant lotus tuber.

Everything about 'Nanzhou Buddha's Light' is large, really large! The beautiful dark green leaves can grow to larger than 24"+ in diameter. The many-petalled flowers are formed from layer after layer of delicately colored petals with a purple picotee (edge that is a different color than the flower's base color). The sepals, the outside petals, are green! Great flower power!

At a glance

• Flower color: Versicolor
• Flower type: Multi-petal, many more than 50 petals
• Plant height: Tall, 48" and taller
• Container: 20" and wider, 12"-18" deep

As a large pond lotus, this one settles at 12 to 24 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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