Nymphaea Madame Wilfon Gonnère | 18cm Aquatic Pot

A compact, aquatic perennial waterliliy with pale pink flowers. Position: full sun Depth of water: 45-75cm Rate of growth: average Flowering period: June to September Hardiness: fully hardy An aquatic perennial with rounded leaves, to 25cm across, slightly-bronzed when young and with a broad, yellow stripe in spring that disappears in summer. ‘Madame Wilfron Gonnère’ is a trouble-free lily with beautiful light pink cup-shaped blossoms up to 12 cm (5”) across with a central cushion of golden, insect hopping stamens. Garden care: Water lilies flourish in still water, so do not plant them near a pond pump or fountain, particularly where the water can splash onto their leaves. These waterlilies are potted up (using a suitable aquatic compost) into 1-litre aquatic pots. These pots are made of a fine mesh, which allows water to circulate through the compost, providing the plants with both oxygen and nutrients. As they are already potted, all you need to do is to place the pot into the pond, but this young plant will need potting up into a larger aquatic pot (using aquatic compost) within a few months. Initially the pot should be placed on a stack of bricks so the leaves float on the surface of the water. As the plant matures, remove one layer of bricks at a time, gradually lowering the plant deeper into the pond until the desired depth has been reached. If you are placing this water lily in the autumn or winter when it has died back, place it at a depth of 50cm. Then in the spring repot it into a larger pot and lower as the plant grows.