Puttan Hardy Water Lily

Puttan Hardy Water Lily — Double-Petaled Medium Pink, Easy & Reliable

The Puttan Hardy Water Lily is a medium hardy water lily with double-petaled, light to medium-pink blooms that glow above clean green pads. A dependable perennial pond plant, Puttan thrives in lined ponds or earth-bottom shelves, blooming from late spring into fall with simple tablet feeding and strong sun. If you want a romantic pink water lily that’s easy to grow and showy without extra fuss, Puttan is an excellent choice.

Why Customers Love It

• Full, double-petaled pink flowers that read beautifully from a distance

• Steady bloomer in full sun with a simple, twice-monthly schedule

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

• Hardy & reliable—returns each year with minimal care

Plant Requirements (quick reference)

• Sun: Full sun, 7+ hours of direct light

• Container: 14–16"+ wide, shallow aquatic container (fabric pots preferred)

• Depth (soil surface → water surface): 6–24" (best bloom 6–14")

• Spread: ~3–5 ft at maturity

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

Care & Fertilizing (simple schedule)

• Fertilizer tablets: 3–5 tablets on the 1st & 15th of each month (May–September)

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

• Maintenance: Trim spent blooms/yellow leaves; divide every 1–2 years (allow ~16"+ of rhizome run in pots for best flowering)

Water Lily Planting Tips

• Plant shallower (6–10") to warm the crown and ramp up buds

• Keep surface water open and unshaded—pads are your solar panels for flowers

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

• Choose wide, shallow containers to encourage rhizome run and more flowers

• Still water shows flowers best; avoid heavy splashing/aeration

Do’s & Don’ts

Do

• Plant in full sun and heavy loam

• Fertilize twice monthly on schedule 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 Puttan—light drives flowering

• ❌ Don’t plant too deep (>24") 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.