Tower of Day & Night Lotus (Bare Root)

Nelumbo nucifera ‘Guang Yu Lou’ — medium lotus, shipped as a dormant lotus tuber.

One of our favorites! Lots of Flowers. 'Tower of Day & Night' won the 2020 award for being the most photogenic new lotus of its year and we still Love it. The flowers are very heavy with lots of petals. They are extremely well-suited as cut flowers, lasting over six days in an arrangement. The color can be bright red in the shade as shown in the picture below, dark red or light pink--all on the same plant. It blooms prolifically. It is not technically in the Thousand Petal category but it looks like it fits!

At a glance

• Flower type: Multi-petal/Thousand, many more than 50 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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