Nymphaea, Hardy Water Lily, Waterlily 'Attraction'

Got this water lily from Lowes a few years ago and about a year and a half ago I propagated and now have 2 and I must say these do well. ...Read MoreMy pond isn't very deep around 18" and 6' x 8' in Texas so you can imaging durring summer months the water gets pretty warm but these do well. In spring is when I see flowers. I'm thinking I would see more had I made my pond deeper and water would have probably been cooler and less stressfull on the plant which is a challenge in the summer months. But these keep pushing up new foliage and really make the pond look nice. As said before in other reviews don't expect a brilliant red but more of washed out pink. Not a huge deal. It's still a nice plant to have in any pond.

I bought this sort of water lily boxed in a basket from OBI, very expensive.
I thought it was an Alba lily, as it was labeled A ...Read Moresurprise! 'Attraction'! The lily blooms, every 4-5 days comes new bloom.
In winter we put all our nymphaeas dipper in the water, under the ice. Although these water lilies are for 4-5 zones, they can't stay frosen in the ice.

I purchased my 'Attraction' waterlily from a Chase Pitkin in one of those overcrowded 6" pots they cram into their "pond." I didn't expe...Read Morect much but this little gem really proved to be one of the most prolific and dependable bloomers in my pond. Very hardy and easy to work with. I've only had to repot once in 3 years (this spring) and each of the 3 tubers I repotted took off. The picture I posted is of the larger tuber, repotted in spring - the picture was taken in September and shows three beautiful blooms with lots of pad growth.

The only care is to give these plants a tab of fertilizer in spring and stand back! At the onset of cool weather, I cut the foliage and flowers back to pot level and sink the pot to the bottom of the pond (about 2' depth).

One note about overwintering in northern climes - our pond is spring fed and only the top 2" - 4" freezes, even in the coldest winter. Make sure to place your lilies in the deepest part of the pond so that they won't freeze.

I bought eight of those "water plant boxed sets" from Walmart on sale, supposedly with an Attraction and an Alba lily in each. Half of t...Read Morehe ones labeled 'Attraction' were white, but the other half were the gorgeous hot pinky red of Attraction!

I wasn't ready for how large this one gets, so had to buy an 8' diameter horse watering trough to put them in ~ and they're STILL overcrowded! LOL! Every single sick little tuber I potted is now a massive, lily with a 4+ foot spread. It's only been about 2 months, but I've gotten blooms from every single one, many multiple blooms.

I potted them in a regular gallon plastic nursery pot with plastic bags in the bottom to cover the holes, then regular sandy loam from my hay field, a 1 inch section of a fruit tree spike about four or five inches below the tuber, and gravel on top of the soil to hold it in. I placed the tuber on top of the soil, then the gravel so that the tuber sticks out of the gravel a bit. Some tubers wanted to float up, so I made a U-shaped anchor out of a piece of thick wire to put over them and hold them down on the soil.

Every tuber out there now has atleast two crowns! Many have four already! I am just amazed at how fast these grow. :)