Nymphaea
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| Habit | aquatic
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|---|---|---|
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Water: | ◍ | wet |
| Features: | ✓ | flowers, foliage |
| USDA Zones: | 1 to 11 | |
| Sunset Zones: | all zones | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | red, orange, yellow, blue, purple, pink, white, double |
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Nymphaea > |
Nymphaea (pronounced /nɪmˈfiː.ə/) is a genus of aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. There are about 50 species in the genus, which has a cosmopolitan distribution. There are hardy varieties which grow to zone 1, and much more tropical varieties which cannot tolerate frost.
Cultivation
Make sure the depth of your pond is right for the particular variety you are planting. Protect more tender plants from winter cold by covering pond, adding water to give depth, or store the dormant tubers indoors in sand during the winter.
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Species
About 50 species, including:
Nymphaea alba - European White Water-lily
Nymphaea amazonum
Nymphaea ampla
Nymphaea blanda
Nymphaea caerulea - Egyptian Blue Water-lily
Nymphaea calliantha
Nymphaea candida
Nymphaea capensis - Cape Blue Water-lily
Nymphaea citrina
Nymphaea colorata
Nymphaea elegans
Nymphaea fennica
Nymphaea flavovirens
Nymphaea gardneriana
Nymphaea gigantea - Australian Water-lily
Nymphaea heudelotii
Nymphaea jamesoniana
Nymphaea leibergii - Dwarf Water-lily
Nymphaea lotus - Egyptian White Water-lily
Nymphaea lotus var. termalis
Nymphaea macrosperma - Native to Australia's Top End
Nymphaea mexicana - Yellow Water-lily
Nymphaea micrantha
Nymphaea nouchali - Red and blue water lily (National flower of Sri Lanka)
Nymphaea odorata - Fragrant Water-lily
Nymphaea pubescens - Hairy water lily (National flower of Bangladesh)
Nymphaea rubra - India Red Water-lily
Nymphaea rudgeana
Nymphaea stuhlmannii
Nymphaea sulfurea
Nymphaea tetragona - Pygmy Water-lily
Gallery
Nymphaea 'Peach Glow'
Nypmhaea alba
Black Princess waterlily. Nypmhaea alba variety
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Nypmhaea alba
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Nypmhaea alba
Blue and red waterlily Nypmhaea stellata
Nymphaea caerulea subsp. zanzibarensis
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Nymphaea. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Nymphaea QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)