Hi Werner,
Thanks for the warm welcome. I'lll email you privately too, because I indeed have some commercial questions. Furthermore, I'm very new to this, I love the
Lotus for a very long time, never knew it would be possible to raise one in our climate, so you can understand that I'm very excited.
We did have two waterlilies in our pond, a N. Pymea Alba? (beautiful!) and a Marliacaea Rosea (we lost that one).
I do have some inquiries too, since our Lotus in spé will be raised in a 'high temperature' corner of our garden (that is, if the weather is okay), on the terrace: do we also need to add oxygen plants to the water? Will the Lotus be able to handle some shade or does it need a full sun place?
Well, I searched a lot of websites to find a Lotus that we like, they're all beautiful by the way, but we saw a N. 'Rote Quelle' (same as N. 'Red Dot'?), N. "Alba Striata', N. 'Carolina Queen', N. 'Culweixizhao', N. 'Suihiren', N. 'The President', N. 'Youzankou', N. 'Zuikohren'.
Is anyone experienced with these cultivars? Which one would you guys recommend? Is there a difference in heigth, size of the leaves, for instance. Is it possible to use the soil that is used for waterlilies? Should they be kept in a basket too?
Many, many, questions, eager to learn
Thanks in advance.
Sincerely,
Diana