Special Notes on Lotus Tubers
Important Note on Shipping Lotus: Lotus orders come from a special, limited-availability, farm and because of this cannot be combined with other products for shipping. Shipping is a flat $18.00 regardless of the number of tubers ordered
Limited Time & Limited Quantities: Lotus are harvested during winter dormancy and shipped bare root, March 15 - Early May Only. Orders ship Mon-Wed of each week and are weather-dependent. Please allow extra delivery time if the order is placed Wed-Sun or during extreme temperatures.
How to Plant & Care for Lotus
Description
Nelumbo nucifera — bowl lotus, shipped as a dormant lotus tuber.
Nelum bo nucifera. Book Boy is perfect for growing as a miniature but really performed well in our 10"wide x 7"high pot where it flowers well and produces good rhizomes. Perfect for a small niche in your pond or in a pot on your patio!
Do you want to grow this one as a mini lotus?
At a glance
- Flower color: Soft Red
- Flower type: Single or Few Petals, less than 20 petals
- Plant height: Bowl/Mini, under 13"
- Container: 8" and wider, 4"- 7" deep
As a bowl lotus, this one settles at 2 to 12 inches of water over the crown once established — start a new tuber under 2 to 4 inches and raise the level as it pushes aerial leaves, with the growing tip left uncovered. Pot size, soil and the rest of the method are in the lotus planting instructions.
Browse more red lotus or see every bowl and miniature lotus we carry.
Growing it as a micro lotus
This cultivar will also grow as a micro lotus in a smaller container. Add “TO BE GROWN IN SMALL POT” in the comment box at checkout and we will pot it accordingly.
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