Peach at the center, pink at the edges. Nymphaea 'Myra' is a day-blooming hardy water lily whose petals shade from soft peach near the middle out to pink at the tips, so a single flower carries two colors at once. It is sweetly scented and opens through the morning and early afternoon. What You'll Receive You will get 1 water lily tuber All of our water lilies tubers/rhizomes have been inspected before ship out and guaranteed they are viable and perfect to grow in a proper pond environment. The picture is not the actual product you will receive, but a sample representation. Plant Profile Common name — Myra Water Lily Scientific name — Nymphaea 'Myra' Type — Hardy water lily, day-blooming Flower — Peach shading to pink toward the petal tips; sweetly scented Foliage — Round floating pads Placement — Ponds, container water gardens, or tanks 20 gallons and up; centerpiece Care Difficulty — Beginner Sunlight — Full sun to partial shade Substrate — Loam, clay or heavy garden soil in a submerged container Planting angle — Hardy rhizome: 45°, growing tip up, at the pot edge pointing toward the center Feeding — Aquatic fertilizer tablets through the growing season Overwintering — Hardy. Stays in the pond; move the pot below the freeze line in autumn Propagation — Rhizome division Grower's Notes The two-tone petals are the reason to choose it. Peach at the base grading to pink at the tips means the flower reads differently up close than from across the pond — most lilies are a single flat color. It is a subtler effect than a bold red, and it wants to be seen from nearby. Day-blooming, at its best through the morning and early afternoon. Tolerates partial shade better than many lilies, though flowering is always heaviest in full sun. Hardy, so no lifting and no indoor storage over winter. Sweetly scented — worth siting near a bench or the near edge of the pond rather than out in the middle. Partial shade outdoors is not the same as low light indoors. Myra will grow in a tank of 20 gallons or more, but the two-tone blooms need illumination close to full-sun intensity for a long stretch each day; short of that it stays leafy. Stay on top of the pads as well — they spread across the surface quickly and want regular thinning. New to planting water lilies? Read our complete Water Lily Planting Guide — tuber angle, soil, depth and the one mistake that kills most first lilies. Notes We don't ship dormant roots. Your tuber arrives fresh and actively growing with 1–2 young leaves already emerged — visible proof it's viable before it leaves us. Young pads may start fully submerged and will reach the surface within about a week in good light. Never release aquarium plants into natural waterways.
