These suit the majority of garden ponds and should be planted 30-50cm deep in 3 to 10 litre baskets. Will cover about 1 metre squared in 2 years. Generally available from early April onwards.
Nuphar advenum (Spatterdock) is the American species of brandy bottle, which has shovel shaped floating leaves and cabbagey underwater leaves. It has globe shaped yellow flowers which mature with splashes of red.
Nymphaea Arc en ciel has large D shaped leaves splashed with streaks of red, pink, white and yellow. The flowers are white with a touch of pink and sometimes have a sweet smell.
Nymphaea Black Princess has flowers of deep red/purple, almost black, and the petals are slightly incurved. Flowers are quite freely produced and are set off well against the dark green leaves.