How to grow Water Lily

Nymphaea pygmaea

These estimates for how long Water Lily takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.

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The water lily gets its genus name from the Greek nymphae, meaning “water nymph”¹ or “water goddess”². The species name pygmaea means “dwarf”³

¹ :Growing Herbs with Margaret Roberts; First published 1985