Hardy Water Lilies » Medium Spread Hardy Water Lilies » Nymphaea 'Colorado'

Striking salmon-pink blooms opening wide, well above the water’s surface.

Hybridizer/Founder:

Strawn 1994

Flowers:

Peach, starting yellow with pink in spring, then smoked salmon in summer. Cactus shaped blooms of 4-6 in.

Leaves:

New leaves are mottled in burgundy, maturing to green.

Spread:

Medium spread.

Situation:

Full sun to part shade.

Characteristics:

Congested mexicana-or tuberosa-type rhizome.

Notes:

Good for medium ponds.