Pond Plants
White Water Lily
Nymphaea alba
Photo: DerHexer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature5–28 °C
- pH6.5–8
- Adult size30 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Origin
- Europe, North Africa and Western Asia
- Size
- leaves 10–30 cm long
- Temperature
- 5 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.0
- GH
- 4 – 18 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- high (full sun)
- CO2
- not required
- Fertilization
- medium (fertilizer for water lilies)
- Growth
- medium
- Position
- pond, at a depth of 40–150 cm
- Propagation
- rhizome division
Notes: The native white-flowered water lily. It requires sunlight and deep water; it provides shade and shelter for the fish in the pond.
