Vermilion Inlaid Gold Lamp- Like Velvet Lotus (Bare Root)

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

Delicious color. Vermilion Inlaid Gold Lamp is the perfect name for this extra light golden-green flower that has inlaid stripes of vermilion red on the loosely opened bud and at the tips of the predominant outer petals. The flowers are large and produce excellent seed pods. The seeds are delicious and the dried pod is perfect in flower arrangements. For us, this lotus was a steady bloomer throughout the summer.

At a glance

• Flower color: Versicolor
• Flower type: Multi-Petal, more than 50 petals
• Plant height: Large, 48" or taller
• Container: 18" and wider, 10"-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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