Sacred lotus Nelumbo nucifera water aquatic water lily pond rain garden

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Sacred Lotus is a water loving plant known for its flowers and edibility. Sacred lotus has edible rhizones, pips, seeds, stems, leaves, and flowers. It is excellent at removing pollutants from the water. It suppresses algae growth making the oxyegen content up to 20% higher. The large circular leaves can reach 3 feet across! Some cultivated varieties have extraordinary numbers of petals. Some with between 2000 and 500 petals. The greatest number recorded for any species of plant. The seeds of this amazing aquatic perennial remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from seeds around 1,300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in China.
Chipping the seed before soaking speeds germination. If planting directly in pond or water feature wrapping chipped seeds in clay helps. You will receive 10+ seeds in a stitched paper envelope.

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