Red Morning Cloud Lotus (Bare Root)

Nelumbo nucifera — bowl lotus, shipped as a dormant lotus tuber.

Red Morning Cloud is one of our most popular bowl/small lotus that features a big flower on a small plant. The simple soft red flower is simply perfect! Our customers tell us that this variety is easy to grow and a free bloomer with flowers that start early in spring and continue throughout the summer.

At a glance

• Flower color: Red
• Flower type: Few-Petal, less than 25 petals
• Plant height: Bowl/Small , 14"-20"
• Container: 10"-16" wide, 7"-12" deep

As a bowl lotus, this one settles at 2 to 12 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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