Description of Nymphaea 'Peach & Cream'

Nymphaea 'Peaches and Cream' is a hardy water lily for still ponds and containers, grown under the name Peach & Cream. People grow it because it is loved for its two-tone, double flowers with peach outer petals and creamy inner petals. It can be a showy plant that still behaves like a normal hardy lily in a basket. Most gardeners simply call it a water lily.

Appearance

Once it settles, Peach & Cream builds a steady cover of floating leaves. Rounded green pads, often spotted or flecked when young. You get fragrant, double blooms about 15–20 cm across, peony-like in shape with a deep yellow centre. In still water the buds reach the surface cleanly and open well.

Care Guide

Put Peach & Cream where the water stays still and the sun reaches the surface for most of the day. Plant into a wide aquatic basket with heavy loam based compost and cap with washed gravel so the water stays clear. Lower the basket in stages and settle it at about 45–90 cm over the rhizome. Use aquatic fertiliser tablets from late spring into late summer, placed into the pot rather than the water. Snip off tired leaves at the base and lift out old flowers to keep the plant moving. As a hardy lily, it can stay in the pond over winter as long as the crown sits below the ice line.

Suitability for Garden Ponds

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