‘Mrs. George C. Hitchcock’ Night-Blooming Tropical Water Lily
This water lily is easy to grow and a very valuable addition to the group of night-blooming water lilies. It should produce spectacular large blooms under the right growing conditions.
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‘Delicatissima’ Night-Blooming Tropical Water Lily
The ‘Delicatissima’ water lily is a beautiful flower with a unique and delightful carmine pink color. Its foliage emits a lovely bronze-green shine.
It is perfect for various uses and has proven to be one of the top choices for cutting, as well as for winter cultivation.
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‘Pink Star’ Tropical Water Lily
This ‘Pink Star’ tropical water lily has soft pink fragrant blossoms which are held high above the water. The center is contrasted with a beautiful yellow. A true &star in any water garden.
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‘Charles Tricker’ Night-Blooming Tropical Water Lily
This tropical water lily, known as ‘Charles Tricker’, showcases abundant magenta red blossoms and possesses dark coppery green pads.
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‘Emily Grant Hutchings’ Night-Blooming Tropical Water Lily
The large cup-shaped blossoms of this water lily display a vibrant amaranth red hue.
This water lily begins blooming early in the season.
It is often regarded as the most brilliantly colored water lily currently cultivated.
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‘Trickeri’ Night-Blooming Tropical Water Lily
‘Trickeri’ has glistening emerald green pads on top and dark green underneath. The pads are large and finely toothed that are ribbed with numerous veins.
The flowers are a rose pink. A most unusual historic lily that has been adorning water garden pools for well over a hundred years! Isn’t it time to grow ‘Trickeri’ in your water garden pool today!
Hybridized By: In 1893 William Tricker introduced this lovely hybrid. This water lily was proudly introduced at the 1893 Chicago’s World Fair, also known as the Chicago Colombian Exposition.
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‘Antares’ Night-Blooming Tropical Water Lily
Enhance the allure of your water garden with the captivating ‘Antares’ water lily. This exquisite deep-red night-blooming beauty will mesmerize your freinds with its enchanting presence. The dark green pads, infused with a touch of dark purple, add a touch of mystery and elegance to this aquatic masterpiece.
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‘Red Flare’ Tropical Night-Blooming Water Lily
The mesmerizing ‘Red Flare’ Water Lily is a nocturnal beauty that enchants with its vibrant colors and mottled mahogany pads.
As the sun sets, the blooms emerge captivating with a deep red hue. Under the moonlight, it transforms into a radiant beacon, emanating a captivating red glow throughout the night.
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‘Sturtevant’ Night-Blooming Tropical Water Lily
The ‘Sturtevant’ water lily is a big night bloomer with pink flowers that can reach 8″ or more in size. The lily pads have a wavy toothed edge and are a bronze-green color. Plant this and experience the beauty that came to life in 1884!
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‘Frank Trelease’ Night-Blooming Tropical Water Lily
The ‘Frank Trelease’ water lily displays large vibrant crimson petals. In ancient texts, this particular water lily was referred to as the ‘Iridescent’ water lily due to its captivating color that becomes more pronounced at dusk.
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‘Pink Sapphire’ Tropical Water Lily
The ‘Pink Sapphire’ tropical water lily has wonderful delicate pink blossom that are compact. It’s abundant aromatic flowers make it one of the most outstanding characteristics with its deeply mottled pads.
Grow one today to be amazed by how different the pads are from other water lilies.
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‘Rose Marie’ Tropical Water Lily
The ‘Rose Marie’ waterlily is a gorgeous day blooming viviparous pink which derives its parentage from the popular water lilies: the blue flowered ‘Dauben’ and the attractive pink flowered ‘Mrs. Robert Sawyer’ (another Tricker hybrid).
The petals are deep pink and pointed showing both characteristic water lilies in admiration. This is considered an outstanding variety that grows excellent blossoms.
Hybridized By: 1928 by well known hybridizer Robert Sawyer from William Tricker’s company.
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‘Mrs. Robert Sawyer’ Tropical Water Lily
This ‘Mrs. Robert Sawyer’ waterlily is known as the first pink tropical water lily of the viviparous type — all others at that time being blue. This was proudly cited in the William Tricker 1927 mail order catalog as “This lily has a gorgeous, full petaled flower much larger than other viviparous types, and it surpasses all other pink tropical lilies in depth of coloring.”
The plant is vigorous in growth and free flowering. The plant does well in semi-shaded conditions.
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‘Pink Perfection’ Tropical Water Lily
The ‘Pink Perfection’ has a rich pink color and is very fragrant. The blossoms are high above the water’s surface and can grow to 8″ diameter. It’s blossoms can stay open in late afternoon long after others have closed. This is a prolific bloomer and quite vigorous throughout the season.
It’s pads are heavily variegated with a red coloring underneath. Look closely in the photograph and see the attractive flowers and mottled leaves, the perfection of a pink flowered water lily!
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‘Rio Rita’ Tropical Water Lily
The ‘Rio Rita’ water lily is one of the most beautiful of water lilies in color and appearance. Its moderately-large aromatic flowers are a brilliant deep, reddish in color with an abundance of petals.
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‘Red Star’ Tropical Water Lily
The ‘Red Star’ water lily has narrow and rosy red petals. It’s blossoms are displayed on longer stems than most tropical water lilies. The leaves are green. The flowers of this water lily will stand high above all other water lilies and can be seen from a distance.
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‘Pink Pearl’ Tropical Water Lily
This lovely ‘Pink Pearl’ hybrid water lily has bright silver pink blossoms of medium size on long peduncles held high in the air. The flower is cup shaped, stamens are yellow, petals are tipped with deep pink and the fragrance is delicious. Leaves are olive green above and reddish brown below.
It is truly a pearl with a pink color that just glows. Grow a ‘Pink Pearl’ and experience its beauty.
Hybrdized By: Produced by August Koch of Chicago.
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‘Pink Platter’ Tropical Water Lily
The ‘Pink Platter’ water lily is one of the beautiful water lilies in our water gardens. As its name implies, the beautiful pink colored flower opens very flat showing the wonderful color of petals.
The water lily has many long and narrow petals in lovely clear violet pink color.
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‘Persian Lilac’ Tropcial Water Lily
The ‘Persian Lilac’ tropical water lily has striking pink blossoms with many petals that some mistake it as a semi-double flower. The color is actually more pink than violet. The flowers are moderately large and fragrant.
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‘Peach Blow’ Tropical Water Lily
This ‘Peach Blow’ water lily has multiple gorgeous pink petals flushed with a contrasting wonderful yellow. This was on the cover of Tricker’s 1947 catalog! ENJOY a true flower of history!
Hybridized By: George Pring introduced this unique water lily in 1941.