Yellow water-lily
Nuphar lutea
In Dutch: Gele plomp
Water & marginal plantsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- About 0.1 m above the water
- Spread
- 1 to 1.5 m
- Full grown after
- 2 to 5 years
- Sun
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Clayey pond soil, under water
- Water
- Plenty: grows in the water
- Maintenance
- Low: rein in its growth now and then
- Flowers
- May to August, yellow
- For bees
- Little: some nectar and pollen, May to August
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- Not established: the sources disagree
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €9.95 to €10.88 each, as a loose rhizome
- Price, grown
- About €16 to €17.50 each, in a pond basket
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- May to August
- Fruit
- June to September