FREE: Nymphaea - 12 Seeds S800

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Flowers: Solitary, colourful, fragrant.
(Mixed: White, Pink, Yellow, Red, Blue, all seeds in one pack bag. )
Description: Water Lily flowers are wonderfully showy and fragrant, lasting only a few days. Some open during the day and close at night, others the opposite. Most are pollinated by beetles.

Uses: The American Indians made flour out of dried roots by pounding them. The flour was then baked into pancakes. The young leaves and flower buds were eaten as vegetables, seeds eaten fried.
Main features: Water plant with leaves that float on the surface
Leaves: Circular with serrated edges, green above, purple below.
How to Grow Water lilies from seeds:
1. Locate promising seed pods. To identify a fertilized water lily blossom, look for a submerged flower that appears to be on a coiled or spiraled stem. If a flower has not been fertilized, it will float downward in the water with a straight stem.
2. After the flower has been submerged for 10 days, harvest the seedpod and place it in a pail of distilled water. When the pod ruptures, the tiny seeds will release into the water, along with their flotation arils. The arils will dissolve within a few days; the tiny seeds will remain.
3. Retrieve viable seeds. Viable seeds will be gray, green, or brown in color, and will tend to sink to the bottom. Discard any seeds that are tan, white, or reddish, as these will not germinate. If the seeds are from a tropical lily, you can dry them off with a paper towel and store them in the refrigerator until needed. Seeds from hardy varieties must be stored in distilled water until they are planted. Don't disturb the gelatin-like covering over the seeds.

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