Nelumbo nucifera 'Ning Xua', bowl lotus, shipped as a dormant lotus tuber.

Ning Xua is a bowl lotus with a clean, bright look. Its broad, gently cupped petals are mostly ivory white, brushed with soft pink at the tips and outer edges, with fine pink veins running through them.

The flower opens into a rounded bowl, with the inner petals standing more upright. In the center is a yellow-green seedpod with a full ring of golden-yellow stamens.

At a glance

• Flower color: Bicolor (white with pink)
• Flower type: Single, fewer than 25 petals
• Plant height: Mini to bowl, depending on pot size
• Container: 8"-16" wide, 6"-10" 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.

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