Type of Lotus

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Lotus is one of the ideal plant to decorate your water garden nicely. Different type of lotus has their own unique and beautiful, elegant of blossom.

In Buddhist iconography, Buddha represented on pink lotus, which it represent the purity. On the other hand, Hindus revere the lotus of the divinities ‘Vishnu’ and ‘Lakshmi’. Therefore, the national flower for India is lotus, the type of Nelumbium Nucifera.

Lotus flower could be plant at the large pond or small container, basket. It is easier to move to another locationif you plant in container, at the other way, the plant root may spread and colonize directly in the muddy bottom.
Lotus flower has the featured of large, rounded, parasol-like and waxy green foliage.

There are several types o f lotus helps you understand more about lotus,which this may help you much to decorate your water graden.
 

	Scientific Name	Common Name	Colour of Blossom
	Nelumbium ‘Alba Grandiflora’	Asiatic Lotus	White
	Nelumbium ‘Angel Wings’	Sacred Lotus	White
	Nelumbium ‘Baby Doll’	Baby Doll	White
	Nelumbium ‘Carolina Queen’	Carolina Queen	Pink
	Nelumbium ‘Charles Thomas’	Charles Thomas	Lavender
	Nelumbium Lutea	American Yellow	Yellow
	Nelumbium Momo Botan	Momo Botan	Deep rosey pink
	Nelumbium ‘Mrs Perry D Slocum’	Mrs.Perry D.Slocum	Changeable bicolour
	Nelumbium  Nucifera	Sacred or Hindu Lotus	Rose pink
	Nelumbium Nucifera ‘Alba Plena’	Shiroman Lotus	Cream white
	Nelumbium Nucifera ‘Pekinensis Rubra’	Pekinensis Rubra	Carmine Red
	Nelumbium Nucifera ‘Perry’s Giant Sunburst’	Perry's Giant Sunburst	White, Yellow
	Nelumbium Nucifera ‘Shirokunshi’	Tulip Lotus	White
	Nelumbium Nucifera var. rosea	Rose Lotus	Rose pink with yellow center
	Nelumbium Roseum Plena	Double Rose Lotus	Deep rosey pink, yellow wing