Florida Sunset

It's a safe bet Nymphaea Florida Sunset will conform to Trickers notion of 'superior and the best' 'After over 100 years of hybridization of waterlilies, many have proven records of superiority. This is why why old favorites or the old proven hybrids are often the best varieties to grow' ...Tricker Taking the worst midday heat and laughing it off with buds in two's and threes is something of a hint. When many a day bloom tropical waterlily is crumpling and shrivelling to be a shoddy cabbage, Florida Sunset blooms chuckle with more vivid orange tones. In April Florida Sunset pops the brightest cheeriest blooms of a perky pale yellow and peach. 3 months before many of the tropical water lilies think about starting. Its a safe bet to say this variety vastly out performs its feebler and more fickle cousins, as Summer progresses the tones intensify with stronger orange, crimson, copper tones. Florida Sunset can be a little deceiving to start from a small crown, you might think it petite and frail. In reality it steadily develops a strong growing brute of a humongous beefy rhisome in conditions it likes, though its progress is almost sedate, dawdling a foot or so in a couple of years. All in all, a quite restrained riot of a plant, ideal for medium to large positions Started in a foot of water and you might wish it was set another foot deeper... As the temperature rises through the mid 90's in hot shallow waters, Florida Sunset will barge its pads out of the water to shade its own position. On days like that it might be hefty work to shuffle Florida Sunset into deeper water. Regards, andy http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/adavisus/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/21940871@N06/