Water Gardening: water lillies vs lotus, 0 by jeri11

jeri11 wrote:
Fred, I think you are referring to my Victoria Water lily. It is tropical and I grow it as an annual. It's from the Amazon and in the natural state there each leaf reached 6' or better. Mine is in a 3' pot which contains it somewhat and my leaves never got bigger than 3-4'. The plant is amazing. When it flowers the first night the flower is pure white. After pollination it closes up and the second night the same flower is the most gorgeous pink. AMAZING!!!!