HARDY WATER LILIES -- BLUES and PURPLES?

[Mmathis]

Do the hardys come in blues and/or purples? If so, what are some names that I can look for?

 

[Linus_Cello]

I believe there is someone in West Virginia who is trying to breed a blue/purple hardy waterlily. I think there was a short story about this in Lilypons Spring catalog; I couldn't find this story on the web. I did find the below links that may be of interest on breeding a blue hardy.

http://water-garden-blog.com/so-you-might-not-ever-see-the-first-blue-hardy-lily/

 

[Mmathis]

LINUS, thanks! I think I read a similar article, but in the pics I looked at, the blooms looked more like an altered pink or mauve-ish color. Like they were trying to get a blue or purple, but just NOT QUITE there. Of course, pics & computer monitors aren't always accurate.

 

[adavisus]

It took some thousands of crosses to get close to a purpley hardy which, minor snag did not reproduce, it might be a whiles before a blue hardy that does reliably make side crowns emerges.

Until then, there's umpteen of easy to grow blue and blue violet tropical waterlilies to play with

Regards, andy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21940871@N06/
http://swglist.wordpress.com/

 

[FountainMan]

Hope the breeding is successfull. I love hardies. Blue is one color I've always wanted but never had. I don't do too much as far as tropical plants so this is exciting.