Maha Treasure Hardy Water Lily

Maha Treasure Hardy Water Lily — Award-Winning, Ruby-Red Showpiece

The Maha Treasure Hardy Water Lily (often listed as Mahasombut) is an award-winning hardy water lily that delivers lux, many-petaled ruby-to-deep-pink blooms (≈5–7") over clean green pads. A dependable perennial pond plant, it flowers freely from late spring into fall in full sun and shallow water. If you want a bold red water lily that’s easy to grow, steady blooming, and reads beautifully from across the water garden, Maha Treasure is a standout.

Why Customers Love It

• Showy, many-petaled red blooms with a refined, “rose-like” look

• Award-winning introduction recognized for performance and beauty

• Steady bloomer in full sun with simple tablet feeding

• Versatile: lined ponds, wide containers, or earth-bottom shelves

Plant Requirements (quick reference)

• Sun: Full sun, 6+ hours of strong midday light

• Container: 15–20"+ wide, shallow aquatic container (fabric pots preferred)

• Depth (soil surface → water surface): 5–15" (shallower = more flowers)

• Spread: ~3.5–5 ft at maturity

• Soil: Heavy loam topsoil only (no bagged mix, peat, “aquatic media,” or gravel)

Care & Fertilizing (simple schedule)

• Fertilizer tablets: 4–6 tablets on the 1st & 15th of each month (May–September)

• Application: Press tablets 3–4" into the soil around (not on) the crown

• Maintenance: Trim spent blooms/yellow leaves; divide every 1–2 years to maintain peak flowering

Water Lily Planting Tips

• Plant shallower (5–10") to warm the crown and ramp up bud count

• Keep surface water open and unshaded—pads are the plant’s solar panels

• Never cover the crown with stones or gravel; leave it slightly exposed

• Use wide, shallow containers to encourage rhizome run and heavier flowering

Do’s & Don’ts

Do

• Plant in full sun and heavy loam

• Fertilize twice monthly for continuous blooms

• Repot immediately on arrival; keep all parts wet while planting

Don’t

• ❌ Don’t use compost/peat mixes, “aquatic media,” or gravel (they float, rot, or smother crowns)

• ❌ Don’t let floating plants shade Maha Treasure—light drives flowering

• ❌ Don’t plant too deep (>15–18") if you want frequent blooms

Helpful Links

• Full Planting Instructions →

• Waterlily World® Fertilizer Tablets →

• PondGro™ Aquatic Loam Soil →

• Aquatic Containers →

• PondGro™ Fabric Pots →

Shipped as: a live young adult plant (rhizome with leaves/lilypads). Plant immediately in heavy loam soil and set at the recommended depth. Minor leaf yellowing from transit is normal and quickly replaced by new growth.