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Nymphaea candida
Shining water lily · Atlantic Waterlily · Bright Water-lily
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
5–32 °C
Hardiness
Zone 4–8
Click count
39
Observations
633
Description
Source: leafsnapNymphaea candida J. Presl is a species of flowering plant in the genus Nymphaea, native to quiet freshwater habitats in Eurasia, it is in flower from July to August. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of N. alba (N. alba L. subsp. candida (J. Presl) Korsh.)
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 5–32.2°C
Ideal temperature: 5–32.2°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Nymphaea
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 4-8
- Mature Height
- 61 cm
- Mature Spread
- 91 cm
- Leaf Color
- Dark Green, Olive Drab
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 10.16 cm to 20.32 cm
- Bloom Time
- Summer, Early fall, Mid fall
- Planting Time
- Spring, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Fall, Early winter
- Native Area
- India, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Armenia, Poland, Croatia, Belarus, China, Uzbekistan, Russia, Lithuania, Norway, Germany, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Estonia, Mongolia, Finland, Romania, Latvia, France
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Common Names (3)
en Shining water lily
en Atlantic Waterlily
en Bright Water-lily