Beautiful Aquatic Water Lilies or Lotus Flowers

For all their beauty and splendor water lilies are relatively easy to grow. These aquatic pond plants need deeper pond water than other pond varieties such as, marginals, oxygenators and floating pond plants. They also like still, splash free pond water.

Water lilies are also known as Nymphaea or Lotus flowers and are classified as type 1 aquatic plants. Within this category they are known as hardy water lilies or tropical water lilies. The major difference between the tropical pond lilies and the hardy pond lilies is their ability to withstand cold water conditions.

Pond lilies come in many different shapes, sizes and colors and tend to be vigorous growers. Nymphaea develop strong roots and large leaves that float gracefully on the pond water surface, acting as a temporary home for small frogs. These beautiful leaves are a great hiding place for pond fish from the dreaded herons and king fishers. The aquatic lily plant depending upon species will either be a night time bloomer or a day time bloomer.

The hardy water lily hybrids descend mainly from North West Europe and USA parents root stock, such as the Nymphaea alba odorata and Nymphaea tuberosa. The Yellow and orange colored varieties owe much of their existence to the semi tropical Nymphaea mexicana and other wild species.

Lotus flowers develop tuberous root stocks that grow by about 6 inches or more yearly. These strong roots spread across the pond floor.

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