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Fragrant Water Lily | Nymphaea odorata 'Firecrest' | 3L Pot

A fragrant lily for small to medium ponds

Grown by Caroline

Enfield

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Fragrant Water Lily | Nymphaea odorata 'Firecrest' | 3L Pot Pond Plants
Fragrant Water Lily | Nymphaea odorata 'Firecrest' | 3L Pot Pond Plants

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The highlights

  • Zone 3 - Deep Water
  • Thrives in full sun
  • Flowers all summer from June to September
  • A small to medium sized waterlily ideal for all sizes of pond

Description

  • A scented, intense pink waterlily with red-ripped orange stamens and flowers up to 15cm across
  • Long summer flowering period from June to September. The flowers have a delicious scent of almond and aniseed
  • A hardy native plant with a vigorous growth rate
  • The perfect size for small to medium ponds
  • Floating plants provide shade and shelter for fish as well as protecting them from predators like herons. Also reduces the growth of algae
  • Grow in full sun and still water, away from fountains and splashing water

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Plant in 3L Aquatic Pot
Our 1L+ pond plants are supplied in Aquatic Pots which have a mesh-like structure allowing you to plant them straight into your pond. The pot maintains the root structure as it enters the water, but allows the plants to root out into the underlying soil.
3L Pots

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

5-10cm

Eventual spread:

50-90cm
Spreads approx 50-90cm
50-90cm
Spreads approx 50-90cm

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Pink
Intense pink with fiery red-orange stamens
Pink
Intense pink with fiery red-orange stamens

Habit:

Floating
Rests on the surface of the water with submerged roots and stems
Floating
Rests on the surface of the water with submerged roots and stems

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
Hardy to at least -15 degrees c, does not require winter protection.
Fully hardy
Hardy to at least -15 degrees c, does not require winter protection.

Rootstock:

Spacing:

50cm
Position 50cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

The most common pests are Water Lily Aphids, the Water Lily Beetle and the China Mark Moth. Water lily aphids are sap-suckers - you may see them on the underside and top of the pads and top of the stems. They can cause yellowing and curling of leaves and destruction of buds and flowers. Control them by hosing down the leaves and stems and squashing and rubbing off with fingers. They can also be drowned by dropping the lily down so leaves are submerged for a day or two. Water lily beetles are small brown beetles whose larvae strip the leaf surface, creating holes and causing the leaves to shrivel and die. Adult beetles also feed on the flowers. They hibernate over winter in poolside plants so cutting these down in autumn will help. Leaves should be hosed down regularly to remove larvae, and adult beetles and larvae can be removed by hand. The China Mark Moth cuts oval shapes from the leaf margins, which can cause extensive damage. Check the underside of leaves and squash the protective cases and brush off. Alternatively remove the affected leaves and burn. Diseases: Water lily Crown Rot causes yellowing leaves which sometimes become mottled. The leaf stems then become soft, slimy and blackened and later break away from the crown. The crown itself will be soft and gelatinous with black tissue inside and will have a bad smell. You should remove and destroy the infected plant before it spreads. Water lily leaf spot causes red or grey-brown spots on the leaves and eventually rot. It looks bad but isn’t too harmful so just remove any affected leaves as soon as they appear. MORE

Full sun

Position in a pond where the plants will receive at least 6-8 hours of sunlight daily in spring/summer.

Wet, poorly drained soil

Plant in a pond with poorly drained soil. Clay or loam is best.

Feeding may be needed

No feeding is needed if you plant your nymphaea straight into a mature pond with a good layer of sediment, but in newer ponds it's a good idea to feed in the spring, using a slow release tablet fertiliser to make sure that excess nutrients do not leak into the pond and encourage algae. ?v=1613301172

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Nestled amongst wildlife meadows and resident ducks, Caroline’s award winning pond plant nursery in Enfield has been making a splash since 1965, when they invented the (recycled, obvs) aquatic basket. Sixty years and multiple RHS gold medals later, they’re still surprising us with new varieties every year!

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