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Nymphaeaceae
Yellow-water-lily
Nuphar lutea
Also known as Nymphozanthus affinis, Nuphar grandifolia, Nymphaea lutea f. schlierensis, Nymphozanthus vulgaris
Native Plants · Aquatic · Pond-Plant · Water-Lily · Floating · Yellow-Flowers · Perennial · Wildlife-Pond · Marginal · Wetland · Native
Yellow water-lily is an aquatic perennial that grows with its roots anchored in pond substrate while its broad floating leaves and bright yellow flowers sit on the water surface. It requires a natural pond or large water feature with at least 1–3 feet of still or slow-moving water and a loamy soil substrate. Thin rhizomes periodically to prevent it from overtaking smaller ponds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep roots fully submerged in still or slow-moving water 1-3 feet deep · Continuously submerged; water level maintained at all times
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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