‘Blue Beauty’ 1896 Tropical Water Lily

Does well in tub gardens and small ponds as well as larger displays.

Flowers: Blue blossoms.
Stamens: Yellow with violet anthers. Sepals have black dots and lines.
Spicy fragrance.
Blossoms are 6″-8″ above the water’s surface.
Leaves: Dark-green mottled leaves with wavy margins and long, tapering lobes. Underneath the pads are red-purple turning to pale green in the center.

Flowers: 10″-12″ dia.
Grows to 6″-8″ above the water.
Leaves:>2-ft dia.

8+ hrs/day direct sunlight.
This water lily does well in tub gardens and small pools.

Nymphaea blue beauty
Parentage: N. caerulea and N. capensis zanzibariensis
Also referred to as
Nymphaea pulcherrima which is Latin for “beautiful water lily”

1897 William Tricker who was employed by the Henry A. Dreer Nurseries.
Derived from N. caerulea X capensis, has been for several years in general cultivation.

The American Committe on Nomenclature gave the name N. Blue Beauty to N. Pennsylvania because they were “indistinguishable”.
Parentage supported by the spotting of calyx and under side of the leaf, purple margin of the leaf beneath, and the conical buds are reproduced as in N. caerulea. The sinuate leaves with acuminate lobes are like those of N. capensis.