Nymphaea Madame Wilfron Gonnere Water Lily

Rose-pink, fully double blooms rise above elegant foliage for a good stretch of the growing season, giving a pond lasting colour rather than one quick flush of flowers. Well suited to ponds that get full sun, it helps provide shade and cover for fish and other pond life as it establishes across the water's surface. It arrives already potted into its mesh aquatic basket, so there's no repotting needed before you lower it into place.

This is the Madame Wilfron Gonnere water lily, grown for its large, double, rose-pink flowers and the elegant foliage that surrounds them. It's chosen by pond keepers who want a fuller, more layered bloom than a simple single-petalled flower gives. Sited in an open, sunny spot, it helps establish surface cover that gives fish and other pond life shelter and shade as it spreads. Each plant is supplied already potted in its mesh aquatic basket, ready to go straight into the pond; you get one plant per basket, and there's no need to lift the roots out or remove the mesh before planting. The 3 litre basket can be used exactly as supplied, or moved into a larger basket later on if you want to encourage more vigorous growth; the 10 litre basket is ready to plant as supplied and needs no repotting either. Growth is medium, and the plant spreads enough that it benefits from some open water around it as it beds in, so it's worth checking the specifications below for depth and spread before you decide where to position it.