What is the flower language of water lilies?

The flower language of water lilies: clean, innocent, full of vitality, emerging from the mud without being stained, unremitting efforts, aloof, ignorant of worldly affairs, and spotless.

Water lily: a perennial aquatic herb; rhizomes are short and thick. The leaves are papery, heart-shaped or ovate-elliptic, 5-12 cm long, 3.5-9 cm wide, with a deeply curved base at the base, accounting for about 1/3 of the total length of the leaf, and the lobes are sharply pointed, slightly spread or slightly expanded. Overlapping;

The upper side is bright, the lower side is reddish or purple, and both sides are hairless with small spots. Flower diameter 3-5 cm; petals white, broadly lanceolate, oblong or obovate, 2-2.5 cm long, inner whorls do not turn into stamens. The berries are spherical, 2-2.5 cm in diameter, black, flowering from June to August, and fruiting from August to October.

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Growth habits

Water lilies like sunshine and good ventilation, so tropical and cold-resistant water lilies that bloom during the day will close their flowers at night and bloom again in the morning. will open. Although ponds with shade trees on the shore can bloom, their growth is weak.

It has no strict requirements on soil quality, with a pH value of 6-8, and can grow normally. The optimal water depth is 25-30 cm, and the deepest depth should not exceed 80 cm. Prefers loamy soil rich in organic matter.

The leaves sprout from March to April, and bloom from May to August. Each flower blooms for 2-5 days. Fruits after flowering. Stems and leaves wither from October to November. It sprouted again the following spring. It grows in swamps and lakes, and is often cultivated in pools in some parks.