Lotus can get through a cold US winter just fine, as long as the tubers in the mud stay unfrozen and wet from fall until spring. In zones 3 to 7, I’d either sink the pot below the ice in a pond that never freezes solid or move it, still full of water, into a … Read more >>
You can grow a lotus in a bowl if you start with a true bowl or micro lotus, a watertight container 10 to 15 inches wide, heavy clay soil, and at least six hours of direct sun. To grow a lotus flower in a bowl, plant a dwarf bowl lotus tuber in 3 to 4 … Read more >>
If your lotus has healthy leaves but no flowers, it’s almost always missing one of five things. Most lotus plants that won’t bloom are short on direct sun, warm water, steady feeding, maturity, or root space, and fixing the first three solves the majority of cases. Lotus plants are heavy feeders that love heat. They’ll … Read more >>