Nelumbo nucifera Red | 5_Seeds Bloom Color

Nelumbo nucifera Red | 5_Seeds Bloom ColorThis is Nelumbo nucifera Red, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, and bean of India. This red plant is very rare and not often seen. 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 germinated. This plant can regulate the

USDA Hardiness Zones 10 to 11

also known as Low Milkweed

The flower buds and young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked and they contain 12 percent protein by dry weight

These gorgeous blooms range from blue to violet to lavender

and arthritis should not eat this plant

The trunk will become highly swollen and bottle shaped which adds interest to the plant

and edible with a pleasant acidic flavor

Growing up to 50 feet tall this tree likes to live in full sun to full shade

They are a group of butterflies inside the brush footed family

This is Gunnera peltata

It is also a larval host plant for the Plebeian sphinx Moth

and then it can be moved outside in the Spring where the birds