How to Grow a Lotus Plant
The lotus flower is known for its beauty and sense of peace. If you live in a moderately warm climate, you can grow your own!
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Plant your lotus in the largest container you can find. A large tub will look great. And if you want to put a lotus into your pond, make sure it is in a big container WITHOUT HOLES. Lotus roots do not like being disturbed so if the roots wander out holes in the pot and into the pond, they will range all over the place and you will likely kill the plant if you cut them off. If they remain contained by 'walls', providing you give the root system sufficient room to grow, you can grow your lotus safely in a pond or even move the pot whenever you want. Again, be careful with the fragile and brittle roots when planting or transplanting.
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Lotus plants need at least 6 hours of full sun.
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Unlike many waterlilies, the lotus roots need to be only 6" under the water level. They'll do fine at a foot or so, but try not to plant them too deeply.
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Lotus plants have very few pests, so once they have good sun and their roots are well settled into a spacious pot, they should need little extra care. Occasionally ants will introduce aphids onto the leaves. A spray of hose water will wash these insects off easily, though.
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Expect your lotus to die back right under the soil level in the winter and be patient. Sometimes they take a while to awaken in the spring. But these plants grow very quickly once they become active. Keep them safe from strong frosts.
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The big, bold leaves of the lotus are equaled in beauty only by the large, single blooms. Most flowers are in soft reds, pinks, yellows or whites. There is nothing more elegant and soothing than a lotus plant. You can grow one in a tub or pond and everyone will admire it!
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Comments
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@Carol - I have had my Lotus for 3 years now and it has never bloomed either. I am so disappointed! Mine is in a container in a Koi pond and gets plenty of sun. I am concerned that the planter I have it in is too small or really too shallow. My plan is to replant it into something deeper and see if that helps. Are you and your daughter's lotus plants in the same size containers? Same amount of sun each day? In the same environment?
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This is my first time/year of owning a lotus flower and as the weather is getting cooler here in Ohio, what are the steps and requirements of overwintering a lotus flower so it can come back next year? It is in a large pot and not a pond (which I don't have) just an fyi. Can A Basement Work?
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Don't think that is the problem, it has been so root bound it is about to come over the sides of the tub (we have in the ground) and still after all these years no blooms, when, next door our daughters have 3 beautiful blooms as big as a plate. Wish you could raise them there. They are so pretty, our water garden is pretty, water lilies do good, floating plants, do good, fish are happy but there beside the pond sits the lotus, just plain greenery....
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Some flowers need to get root bound to bloom...???I don't know we can't raise them here....
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I have a question, I have a Lotus, have had it for several years, bought 2 at the same tiem, one blooms (one I gave to my daughter and it is not at our house) hers blooms every year, mine don't and never has. This year hers didn't but we think hers needs divided, mine has been divided and we are going to do it again, my leaves are beautiful but not as tall as hers..... What could be the problem. Thanks for your help.
