Waterlilies and Lotuses: Species, Cultivars, and New Hybrids

Great book for anyone who wants to enjoy pictures of water lilies and lotus or identify plants and blooms that you see in botanical parks or water ponds. The text also gives recommendations as to appropriate size of home ponds for each plant. For the more experienced water gardeners and collectors, the crosses making the hybrids are given as well as the hybridizer. For me, this book was a great help in identifying my photo collection of water lilies!

I just bought this latest edition of Waterlilies and Lotuses after owning the last one for a few years and I was glad to see photos and information on many new varieties. Some of the new listings, with photos, include Foxfire, King of Siam, Carla's Sonshine, Islamorada, Innocence, Miami Rose and many others. A lot of great species lilies are also listed, with photos, such as the Victoria lilies, the Australian Gigantea lilies, Eurayle Ferox and others. All descriptions of the lilies include information such as flower size, shape and fragrance and leaf sizes colors and spread. Also included on most lilies is the date of introduction, the person who hybridized them and the parent plants of the hybrids when known. The authors also give recommendations as to what size pond or tub is best suited for a particular lily. I like this book and think it can be helpful for persons deciding which plants to purchase for their pond.

There is a lot of information on the newer lilies,but I was disappointed there weren't more pictures of the lilies.