Puttakuhn Hardy Water Lily – A Heavy-Blooming Gem from Thailand

The Puttakuhn Hardy Water Lily is a new introduction from Thailand, offering gardeners a dependable medium-sized hardy lily with exceptional blooming power. With double-petal white blossoms that float elegantly on the water’s surface and attractive green pads, Puttakuhn is a perfect choice for small to medium-sized ponds.

This hardy perennial variety blooms reliably from spring into early fall, adding a luminous touch of purity and beauty to your water garden. Its compact spread makes it versatile — ideal for lined ponds, natural earth-bottom ponds, and medium water features.

🌱 Puttakuhn Hardy Water Lily Planting & Care Instructions

• Puttakuhn Hardy Water Lily Planting Depth: 6–15 inches from the soil surface to the water’s surface for optimal blooming

• Container Size: 9–15 inch wide aquatic fabric container or plant directly into natural earth-bottom ponds

• Soil Requirements: Use heavy garden loam or PondGro Aquatic Loam Soil. Never use bagged potting soils, compost mixes, pea gravel, or stones — they float, rot, or starve the plant.

• Sunlight Needs: At least 6–8 hours of direct sunlight per day. More sun = more flowers.

• Spacing: Allow at least 24–30 inches of surface coverage for the pads to spread naturally.

🌼 How to Fertilize Your Puttakuhn Hardy Water Lily

• Insert 3–4 Waterlily World Fertilizer Tablets into the soil on the 1st and 15th of each month from May through September.

• Push tablets 3–4 inches deep and near the crown of the rhizome.

• Consistent feeding ensures continual blooming and healthy growth all season long.

✅ Do’s & ❌ Don’ts for Puttakuhn Hardy Water Lily

Do’s

✅ Plant Puttakuhn Hardy Water Lily in full, direct sunlight
✅ Use heavy loam soil only — the natural earth beneath turf works well
✅ Fertilize consistently twice monthly during the growing season
✅ Divide annually in spring or summer when the rhizome reaches the container’s edge
✅ Allow 24–30 inches of space for pads to spread

Don’ts

❌ Do not use bagged potting mixes, aquatic media, or stones in your planting container — they cause rot or suffocate the crown
❌ Do not bury the crown — always leave the growing tip exposed above the soil line
❌ Do not overcrowd water lilies. Floating plants or other lilies that shade Puttakuhn will reduce flowering. Pads act like solar panels, and they must have open surface space to collect sun for continuous blooming.
❌ Do not let water lilies dry out during unpacking. All plant parts (roots, crowns, stems, and undersides of pads) must stay wet. Plant immediately upon arrival.

📦 Shipping Information for Puttakuhn Hardy Water Lily

• Availability: Ships April through September across the USA

• Regional Timing: Orders are scheduled to ship at the proper planting time for your area, based on our spring shipping maps

• Pre-Season Orders: Early orders placed in winter ship in April–May before later-season orders

• Method: Usually ships via UPS 2–3 day service, though other carriers may be used when necessary

• Schedule: Plants are shipped at the start of each week to minimize weekend delays

• Tracking: You’ll receive an email with tracking details on the day your order ships

🌿 Our Guarantee

• Your Puttakuhn Hardy Water Lily is shipped as a live pond plant, carefully packaged for safe transit

• Must be repotted immediately into a proper aquatic fabric container or planted directly in an earth-bottom pond upon arrival

• Plants may arrive with some yellow leaves or minor shipping stress — this is normal and quickly replaced by new growth

• If you have concerns, email photos (including unpacked plants and the packing slip with initials) to PondQuestions@gmail.com within 24 hours of receipt

📊 Puttakuhn Hardy Water Lily – Specifications

• Variety Name: Puttakuhn Hardy Water Lily

• Flower Color: White, double-petal blossoms

• Fragrance: Mild, classic hardy water lily fragrance

• Plant Size & Spread: Small to medium variety; 24–30 inch spread

• Pad Size & Color: Green pads, 3–5 inches across

• Planting Depth (from soil to water surface): 6–15 inches recommended

• Container Size Recommended: 9–15 inch wide container, or direct earth-bottom planting

• Sunlight Requirements: Full sun – minimum 6–8 hours daily

• Fertilizing Schedule: 3–4 fertilizer tablets on the 1st and 15th of each month during growing season

• Hardiness Zones: USDA Zones 3–11

• Shipped As: Shipped as a live pond plant (rhizome with starter growth)
  👉 Must be planted immediately upon arrival in heavy loam soil in a fabric aquatic container or natural pond soil
  👉 All plant parts must remain wet — water lilies dry out quickly if not submerged