(Latour-Marliac 1921) The flowers of this variety are medium pink, the tips of the petals are lighter coloured than their bases. The flower is star-shaped with yellow centre. It is suitable for medium sized to large ponds.
(Marliac 1910) Red flowers with lighter tips and a crown of orange anthers in the centre, that`s how this variety looks like. The flower is cup-shaped in the beginning and opens star-shaped later. Leaves are on both sides green. It is a very floriferous variety that can be used as cut flower.
There is quite a number of good yellow waterlily cultivars that were introduced by Kirk Strawn. `Betsy Sakata` he created in 1997. Its yellow is intense, but the plant needs time to mature before it produces the full beauty of this colour. First flowers of the season are always paler and so are the flowers ...
(Sturtevant 1892) The origin of this hybrid is unknown. It might be a cross of the two native waterlilies Nymphaea alba and Nymphaea candida, in this case its correct name was Nymphaea x borealis. Also the hybridizer is unknow. So far we thought it was offered around 1900 for the first time in ...
(Latour-Marliac 1929) We propose to plant this waterlily much deeper than generaly advised since it performs best in real deep water. It can be kept more shallow, but will produce a lot of leaves and few flowers there. In very deep water the leaves turn their rims up and resemble a little bit those ...
(Joseph B.L.Marliac 1901) This is probably the most floriferous variety that Marliac ever created. In colour and shape of the flower it resembles somewhat `Marliacea Rosea`, but the flowers are much larger. Their colour is a pale pink that becomes paler when the flower grows older. The shape of the ...
(Joseph B.L. Marliac 1910) If you look closely you will realize that this variety is tricoloured: red, pink and white. The centre of the starshaped flower is red, towards the rim more and more pink is mixed to the red. The sepals finaly are white. Floriferous and suitable for medium to large ponds.
(Marliac 1909) The peony-like double flower of this waterlily is light pink, becoming more intense towards the centre. The leaves are bright green. It is a very floriferous variety and well suited for cutting. Marliac introduced it as `Hollandia` and later changed the name to `Darwin`. Despite ...
This variety was introduced in 1970 by Swabian waterlily nursery Epple. It produces pure white very double flowers and light green foliage. It is an odorata-hybrid, so it needs space and time to develope into a large plant to show its full beauty.
(Marliac 1909) A variety with ruby flowers. The shape of the flower is cup-shaped first, later it is star-shaped. A very floriferous variety that holds its flowers in the afternoon longer open than most other red varieties.
If you are in need of a really big waterlily choose this one. It was created in the USA in 1897 by Richardson and it is still widely used - although in most cases used at the wrong place. There is hardly a better waterlily for a large pond. There it will be a dream with its huge white flowers and...
(Perry D. Slocum 1991) The rivalry for the best new waterlily hybrids between Perry D. Slocum and Kirk Strawn is well known. It is common saying: if you can`t beat them, join them. Slocum changed this to: if you can`t beat the best yellow hybrid of your adversary, simply take seed of it and sow it. ...
(Joseph B. Latour-Marliac 1910) It is often said `Hermine` was the same as `Hever White`. It isn`t, `Hermine was for decades on the market when `Hever White` was created in Hever Castle in Kent. The star-shaped flowers of `Hermine` are white with yellow anthers. The leaves are upside olivegreen, downside ...
Kirk Strawn created only two white waterlilies: `White Sultan` and `Laura Strawn`. The later is propagate only by very few nurseries and so it is in danger to go lost to cultivation sooner or later. The reason for this is the fact that `Laura Strawn` produces lots of seed. In a propagation tank seedlings have to...
(Joseph B.L. Marliac 1880) The cup-shaped flowers of this variety are white with yellow anthers. The leaves are green on both sides. This variety is very floriferous, it is one of the first waterlily hybrids ever.
(Marliac 1887) One of Marliacs best hybrids. The cup-shaped flowers are incarnate (the colour of very pale skin on old oil paintings). The leaves are upside green, downside red. It is a extremly floriferous hybrid.
(Marliac 1877) The cup-shaped flowers of this variety are light yellow. The leaves are green on top, and purple on bottom side. It is a floriferous and fragrant variety. It is able to adapt to limited growing space so it is a even suitable for tubs. `Marliacea Chromatella` was the first coloured waterlily-hybrid ...
(Marliac 1887) The cup-shaped flowers are pale pink with a multitude of golden yellow anthers in the centre. The colour is a bit more towards pink than it is in `Marliacea Carnea`. The leaves are upside olive green, downside red. It is a floriferous variety.
(Latour-Marliac 1909) Marliac made a mistake with this one, for it is a fertile variety. Fertile varieties are necessary to create new hybrids and Marliac did his best to keep their existence secret. All hybrids he introduced to the market were steril and the trade wondered how he was able to create ...
