Nelumbo nucifera White and Pink Mix | 5_Seeds USDA Hardiness Zone 7a

Nelumbo nucifera White and Pink Mix | 5_Seeds USDA Hardiness Zone 7aThis is Nelumbo nucifera White and Pink Mix. These seeds were collected from a pond that had two different colors of Nelumbo nucifera, pink and white. So these seeds are a mix. This breath taking aquatic perennial is the national flower of India and Vietnam. It is a sacred plant for both Hindus and Buddhists. One of these seeds was recovered from a dry lake bed in China and carbon testing dated the seed as being at least 1000 years old; This seed

The flowers are wonderfully scented and the leaves can be used to make tea

Showy Melastome

Coral Honeysuckle is the larval host plant for the Spring Azure butterfly and the Snowberry clearwing moth

These gorgeous blooms range from blue to violet to lavender

gold and yellow

and Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail butterflies

and candy corn Gladiola

Lavatera assurgentiflora is an often used synonym

and Black Swallowtail butterflies

Gold-bordered Hairstreak

and Sunset Hibiscus

The leaf stalks fall off and gather in clumps