With Nymphaea tetragona there was quite a confusion in naming untill recently. There were some subspecies of Nymphaea tetragona, and then there was Nymphaea pygmaea which was supposed to be a just a synonym. It was known that some of the Nymphaea tetragonas in cultivation grew only in cooler water while other did well in warmer water. Meanwhile the botanist have cleaned...

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A waterlily that is at home from the north of Europe through Siberia to Alaska and Northern Canada. It is the smallest hardy waterlily in existance. Its flowers are white and quite small (at best they reach the size of a 2-Euro-coin). The leaves are green on top and purple on the bottom side. It is ...

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This variety - if it really is a variety - is one of the few hardy waterlilies created by Pring. It was released in 1942. According to Pring it is a mutation that occured in Missouri Botanic Garden. However this mutation looks very much like the pink subspecies of Nymphaea tetragona that occurs in just a few lakes in ...

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(J.B. Latour-Marliac 1895) Although it is one of the oldest waterlily varieties it is still one of the best. There is no other waterlily with such a deep change in colour than this one. The flower is on its first day yellowish-apricot with a dark centre, on its second day it turns to orange-red, ...

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It is hard to describe the color of this hybrid by Kirk Strawn. It is a unique shade of pink, that turns on its last day towards orange. Like many other Strawn-hybrids, this one holds it flowers above the water like tropicals do.

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(Joseph B.L. Marliac 1905) The flower is cupshaped and first mainly cream-yellow. From outside towards the centre the colour intensifies, all petals do a have an orange hint. From day to day the colour of the flower becomes more intense and finally changes to light orange. It is a very floriferous variety ...

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One of the last hybrids by Kirk Strawn, released in 2001. It is not a true dwarf, but somewhere between small and medium sized. It can be kept in tub and will enchant everyone who sees it. Its colour is very complex, the basis being pale yellow with peach and dusty pink hues. During summer the colour becomes intense.

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(Kirk Strawn 1997) Good waterlilies for tubs are rare, this is one of them. If has almost pure white flowers that are slightly double. Suitable for tubs and small ponds.

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(Latour-Marliac 1896) This is one of the few miniatures that Marliac created. It blooms red, the flowers are cup-shaped. Excellent for tubs.

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A variety created by Kirk Strawn in 1998. It is rarely available and - since it is slow to multiply - will remain so. Its colour is a unique combination of red, pink and white. Like many other varietes by Strawn it changes colour. The individual flower changes it colour when it grows older, and the whole plant changes colour during the season ...

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(Latour-Marliac 1879) The first and still the only dwarf yellow waterlily. It is a cross of the Nordic Waterlily and the Mexican Waterlily. The flowers are pale yellow, very small and slightly fragrant. The pads are nicely mottled and very showy. If planted where the water warms up well it is unbelievable ...

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(Perry D. Slocum 1989) A minature waterlily that is especially suitable for tubs and very small ponds. The flower is dark red and cup-shaped. It is a very floriferous variety but it grows slowly. This is an advantage for a small pond will not be overcrowded by it so soon. It is a disadvantage to the ...

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A dwarf variety by Kirk Strawn from 1998. With this waterlily you get several varieties for the price of only one, because its flowers can be so different. The colour is always pink, but the colour becomes more intense towards the center and the colour of the whole plant becomes more intense when the plant matures and it is later in the saison. Even more differences may appear...

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(Joseph B.L. Marliac 1906) Beautiful but hard to propagate because of its pineapple-rhizome. The flowers are yellow-apricot on the inside, peach on the outside. The colour becomes darker every day. It is a floriferous varietiy for small to medium ponds.

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(Kirk Strawn 1993) And yet one more hybrid by Kirk Strawn, this one named after one of the best living expert in aquatic plants. Walter Pagels was also president of the International Water Lily and Water Gardening Society and later librarian of that organisation. When experts are lost, ...

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