- Type: Hardy
- Size: Large
- Depth: 40-90 cm
- Flower type and colour: Large cup/peony-like flower, bright pink with a centre of golden yellow-orange stamens
- Space required: 1.5-2.0 m²
- Flowering: Abundant and continuous
- Characteristics and comments: A spectacular variety of great vegetative vigour, ideal for large water surfaces or natural-bottom basins. It stands out for the imposing size of its corollas, the excellent substance of its petals and the beautiful colour contrast between dark young leaves and green adult leaves.
The flower: remarkably large and well proportioned, the flower has a rich cup/peony shape, densely layered with numerous broad, rounded petals. The colouring is a vibrant, intense pink, warm and luminous, which fades gently to softer sugar-pink tones on the outer petals most exposed to the sun. In the centre of the corolla stands out a sumptuous heart of very dense golden yellow-orange stamens, which give depth and warmth to the flowering.
The foliage: the leaves are broad, fleshy and rounded, with slightly wavy edges. The colouring shows an elegant contrast: the young leaves emerge in decided chocolate-brown and purple tones, then gradually turn with maturity to a deep, waxy olive green. The growth habit is vigorous and spreading, able to create a generous, even leaf cover on the water.
Water plant growing tip: given the high vegetative vigour and imposing size of this waterlily, use a very roomy basket (at least 35-40 cm in diameter) filled with heavy, clayey soil. To support such a robust plant and stimulate the continuous production of extra-large flowers throughout the warm season, regularly enrich the substrate by pushing Pondtabbs tablets (available directly on our site) deep into the soil, in contact with the main roots.
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