Water Lilies - David
Nymphaea x hybrida 'DAVID'
Water Lily David is a free flowering lily with strong orange pink blooms blending to a paler shade of pink.
- HEIGHT: Level to water - Rhizome needs to be at least 30cm submerged.
- WIDTH: Slow spreading
- SUPPLIED AS: Dormant Rhizomes
- DIVISION: Hardy Waterlily
- PLANT DEPTH: Minimum of 25cm of water submerging the rhizome.
- PLANT SPACING: Depends on how full of a look you desire. For a 'full look' within 2 years, 50cm apart.
- PLANTING WINDOW: Year round, immediately after reciept. If storing prior to planting submerge rhizomes in a bucket of water.
- FLOWERING TIME: October-March
- GROWING ZONES: Vic, SA, TAS, NSW, QLD Ex Tropical. WA.
- CUT FLOWER: Yes, but short lived. Ideal floating in bowl.
- FRAGRANT: Yes
- Fragrant Scale: NA
The striking colours of the Water Lily Family add a touch to class and grace to any water way. Ideal for ponds and dams, water lilies bloom throughout the warmer months - generally once the days are lengthening.
All varieties we offer are considered 'hardy' water lilies, and are suited to cooler climate growing. Our selections are frost hardy and flower from October until May, depending on your climate.
Select a sunny position within your pond or dam (at least 6 hours of sun), and plant the rhizome just below the surface, with the 'nose' or growth tip slightly exposed from the soil.
Water Lilies can be grown in containers (and placed in the pond). If container growing, use a pot at least 25cm in diameter. Fill with a mix of garden soil and blood and bone (or slow release fertiliser). Plant your rhizome as above, and cover the pot with 2-3cm of gravel or pebbles to keep soil and rhizome in place.
Water Lilies require at least 25m of water depth, and will perform in up to 1.8m of water depth once established. If potted your plant should be divided and re-potted every 2 years. A slow release aquatic plant fertiliser should be applied in spring (available in our fertiliser page).