Sacred lotus
Nelumbo nucifera
Water plant1.5×2.5 mzone 5–10full sun🍎 Edible
Profile
- Family
- Nelumbonaceae
- Habit
- Water plant
- Height
- 1.5 m
- Spread
- 2.5 m
- Growth
- medium
- Lifespan
- 50 years
- First yield
- after 2 years
- Hardiness
- zone 5–10
- Shade tolerance
- full sun
- Soil
- Sand, Silt, Loam
- Soil moisture
- very wet – in water
- pH
- 5.5 – 7
evergreen
Uses
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