Scarlet Lady Lotus (Bare Root)

Nelumbo nucifera ‘Fei Hong’ — bowl lotus, shipped as a dormant lotus tuber.

We highly recommend this lotus! Our customers asked for more small dark red Bowl Lotus choices and they are going to love this one! 'Scarlet Lady' has become one of our favorite new miniatures! It grows perfectly in an 11" bowl, producing a perfectly balanced plant with beautiful leaves and flowers. In a nursery with acres of lotus flowers this one will stop you in your tracks every time!

At a glance

• Flower color: Brilliant Red
• Flower type: Single to Semi-Double, less than 50 petals
• Plant height: Bowl (up 13" tall in small pot) to
• Container: 10" and wider, 4"-10" 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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