FREE: Sacred Pink Lotus Seed lot#3

The listing, Sacred Pink Lotus Seed lot#3 has ended.

This auction is for three Pink Sacred Lotus seeds that have been harvested this season (2011) from my private collection.

The Lotus (Nelumbo Nucifera) symbolizes purity, beauty, majesty, grace, fertility, wealth, richness, knowledge and serenity.

Lotus plants are easy to grow and have done well for me in a small trough. Lotus are hardy up to Zone 5. The lotus flower can be successfully grown in "tubs" in or around your pond. Large containers will work as well. Just be sure to keep them wet, and by wet the professionals mean VERY wet. Usually there should be at least two inches of water above the ground soil in which you plant your lotus flower. They love the soil, however they are very thirsty plants,

It is important to protect the roots from freezing Once the plants are started. They can winter over in the pond if the pond depth is below the freeze line for your area. Late in the fall, the yellowed foliage should be cut off and the plant lowered to the deepest part of the pond. Or you may lift the tubers after the plant has died back in the fall. If you lift the tubers, store them in a cool, frost-free location until late spring. To help prevent mildew and rotting, store them in living sphagnum moss. Where I live it is warm enough just to leave them in there containers to over winter.

There is a wide selection of sites on the web to show you step by step instructions on how to get the most out of your plants. These can be planted in a large pot or in a pond.

Thank you for looking at this auction and may the beauty of this plant inspire you to give it a loving home.

* The fourth picture is from a container grown Red Sacred Lotus. The only difference is the color of the flower and growing conditions (The Pink Lotus was grown in my pond).