Type of plant: ISG Hardy
Plant size: Medium
Depth: 30-80 cm.
Flower type and color: Cupshape flower pink fading to white
Leaf spread: 0,9-1,5 meters
Flowering: Very free flowering
Characteristics and comment: A beautiful variety created by Mike Giles, this water lily produces many flowers that are pink with white shades towards the center, very floriferous.
An excellent plant to grow in small ponds located in very sunny areas, the flowering is much more abundant when it is fertilized correctly with pondtabbs. A hardy plant with characteristics of tropicals, flower color, flower that rises out of the water.
Hardy ISG water lilies ISG nymphs are grown simply like any hardy water lily. I purchase the rhizome, prepare a pot of suitable size with heavy, clayey soil, and insert the rhizome of the water lily, compacting the soil so that the rhizome does not come out of the pot. I insert it inside the tub or pond and place it on the bottom.
They are water lilies that can be positioned at depths of 30-50 cm. They can also be inserted into deeper waters but they struggle more to grow and produce flowers. Having tropical blood, they begin to grow and develop later than the hardy ones.
This type of water lilies need more nutrients than normal hardy water lilies, so good fertilization with Pondtabbs is strongly recommended and gives awesome results on the amount of flowers produced and healthy plant growth.
ISG water lilies are not like the classic hardy ones that I can leave there for years even without dividing them, because if hardy water lilies can survive even in precarious conditions, ISG water lilies could die if they are not divided often (at least every two or three years).
The mother plant that grows the first year may not survive the following year, so it is a good idea for these plants to produce young from which new plants will develop for the following year. These small plants, if fertilized correctly and transplanted, develop very rapidly, and within a month I will have a beautiful flowering plant from a tiny rhizome.
To grow at their best, these plants need prolonged and direct sun exposure.
They are nymphs created by mixing hardy water lilies with tropical water lilies, from this union water lilies emerge which have the hardy characteristics of hardy water lilies and characteristics such as colour, shape and scent of tropical water lilies, they are nymphs that can easily survive outdoors even in places where it freezes and has characteristics of tropical water lilies. For years they have been trying to create a water lily with the color blue or similar to blue, a color that belongs and belonged only to tropical water lilies, with this technique they managed to create water lilies that are close to the light blue/blue/purple color, but which can remain outside even in winter in cold places without problems.
Blog with cultivation information
YouTube channel with informational video for cultivation
