Water lily (Nymphaea) ‘Colorado’ is a lovely free flowering variety that has beautiful stellate or star shaped flowers which are salmon-pink in colour and pleasantly scented, standing a few inches above the water.  It keeps on producing flowers later into the season after most others have stopped.  Its leaves are mid green to olive with faint mottling and reddish-plum undersides and like other lilies with this characteristic leaf colouring (Barbara Dobbins, Chromatella and Paul Hariot) it keeps its leaves well into late autumn long after most other lilies have lost theirs .  A medium lily suitable for medium to large ponds.

Spread: 70-120cm

Flower size: 7.5-10cm

Leaf size: 12-18cm

Planting position: Still water submerged 45-90cm once established in full sun away from water features

Form: 1 and 3 litre in an aquatic basket -please select size below

Recommended basket size if potting up: 10 litre square