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Hybrid-water-lily

Nuphar × spenneriana

Hybrid-water-lily
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0

Nuphar × spenneriana is a natural hybrid of two yellow pond lilies (Nuphar lutea and Nuphar pumila), growing as a rhizomatous aquatic plant with floating leaves in still or slow water. It is grown in ponds and water gardens and needs the cold winters and open water typical of its native temperate Europe.

Family
Nymphaeaceae (Water-lily family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Grow in standing or very slow water with the rhizome planted in the mud or in a submerged container.
Soil
Heavy garden loam or clay-rich pond mud, planted in a basket or container.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates winter freezing of the surface water.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Europe to Siberia
Climate
temperate

About

Nuphar × spenneriana is a species of rhizomatous aquatic plant native to Europe. It is a natural hybrid of Nuphar lutea and Nuphar pumila.

Other Nuphar plants

Spatter Dock · East Asian Yellow Water Lily · Yellow Water-lily · Small Yellow Pond Lily · Red Least Water Lily · Yellow Pond Lily · Broad Leaved Pond Lily · Rocky Mountain Cow Lily · Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis · Least Water-lily · Red Pond Lily · Cape Fear Spatterdock

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nuphar × spenneriana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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