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Nelumbonaceae
Volée
Nelumbo lutea
Also known as Nelumbium jamaicense, Cyamus luteus, Highbush blueberry, Nelumbo nucifera subsp. lutea
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Aquatic · Pond Plant · Water Garden · Lotus · Native · Perennial · Yellow Flower · Pollinator · Edible Seeds · Nelumbo
American yellow lotus is an aquatic perennial that must be grown in a pond, water garden, or large container filled with water, with its rhizomes submerged in loamy soil beneath 6–18 inches of water. It requires full sun for at least 6–8 hours daily to produce its large, fragrant yellow blooms. Divide rhizomes every 2–3 years to prevent overcrowding and maintain vigorous flowering.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 8 hours
- Watering
- Keep roots and rhizomes fully submerged in still or slow-moving water at all times · Continuously submerged — maintain 6–18 inches of standing water
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.6–8.7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 48 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Colombia, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Haiti, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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