WATER LILY COLORADO

Colorado is a very hardy water lily. Green leaves are heavily speckled with purple blotches.
Provides shelter for fish and frogs from sun and predators.

FLOWERING: Attractive peachy salmon coloured flowers that stand out of the water above the foliage. Flowers spring into summer and early autumn. It has one of the longest flowering seasons of all the water lilies.

HEIGHT: The plant will grow to a width of one metre.

POSITION: Grow in full sun in ponds, around the edge of dams and wetlands 30 – 120cm deep. Can also be grown in decorative pot with no hole. Plant at bottom of pond and new leaves will grow to surface. They require at least 4-6 hours of direct sun light per day to produce flowers.

FROST: Frost hardy – water lilies can survive frosts because the leaves go dormant in winter. Colorado will retain leaves over the cooler seasons in temperate to tropical climates.

CARE: Fertilise in spring with water plant fertiliser tablets to encourage new growth and flowers at the start of the growing season. Then again at the start of summer and at the start of autumn to encourage healthy growth and green foliage.
Water lilies do not like splashing fountains, so still or slow moving water is best. Anything from small tubs with no holes, to ponds, lakes and dams.
In a decorative pot, think of them as a potted plant, growing in water, and then you can grow it on your patio, verandah, balcony etc.

FERTILISER: There are no nutrients in a plastic pond or tub, so these are a definite must when potting your water plants, and for fertilising 3 times per year.