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Nymphaea 'Colorado' |
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| Common name |
hardy waterlily |
| Family |
nymphaeaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
pink (spring-fall) |
| Size |
floating aquatic |
| Light |
sun |
Hardy hybrid waterlily, a cross between N. mexicana and another hybrid, N. ‘Louise Villemarette’. Its flowers are a soft pink to salmon with a center of yellow anthers, and are held slightly above the water. Leaves appear subtly purple-mottled when new, then fade to all green. From what I'd read, if given the chance, it would gladly take over more than half the surface area of our waterfall pond. But in practice, it would in the years after installing it in our pond steadily lose ground to its tropical neighbor Tina, to the point where I'm pretty sure I didn't see any flowers for a few years, and assumed it had left the scene. So I was happy to see it alive and well in spring 2025, and hope it will continue to share space in our little pond.
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| | Two flowers at once in May 2025. The smaller pads with smooth margins belong to 'Colorado', the larger rufflier ones to 'Tina' |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: waterfall pond About my plant portraits
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May 18, 2025
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