Charlene Strawn Hardy Water Lily

Other Names: Waterlily

Description:

This lovely, cream-yellow, star-shaped flower would be a great lily to add to the water garden; easy to care for; water lilies dislike moving water

Ornamental Features:

Charlene Strawn Hardy Water Lily features showy fragrant creamy white star-shaped flowers with pink overtones and yellow eyes at the ends of the stems from early to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's attractive large glossy round leaves emerge burgundy in spring, turning dark green in colour the rest of the year. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Charlene Strawn Hardy Water Lily is an herbaceous evergreen aquatic perennial with a low habit of growth, spreading atop the surface of the water. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other garden plants with finer foliage.

This aquatic perennial will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Charlene Strawn Hardy Water Lily is ideally suited for growing in a pond, water garden or patio water container, and is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Water Gardens
• Container Planting
• Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
• Bog Gardens

Plant Characteristics:

Charlene Strawn Hardy Water Lily will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 4 feet. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the water, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This aquatic perennial does best in full sun to partial shade. As an aquatic plant, it requires a suitable water garden environment and will benefit from special planting and ongoing care practices; consult one of our aquatic plant experts for further details and instructions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by division.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.