Nymphaea 'Escarboucle'
Waterlily 'Escarboucle'
Nymphaea Nymphaea
'Escarboucle' _ N. 'Escarboucle' is an aquatic perennial with floating, rounded, mid-green leaves, flushed brown when young, and, in summer, large, fragrant, cup- to star-shaped, orange-red flowers with white-tipped outer petals and dark orange stamens.
Nymphaea 'Escarboucle' is: Deciduous
Flower
Mat Forming
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Orange-red, Flushed white in Summer
Green in Spring; Green in Autumn
Waterlily Pests (beetle, aphid, leaf-mining midges) Waterlily Pests (beetle, aphid, leaf-mining midges)
Nymphaea leaf (brown) spot , Crown rot , Water lily leaf spot Nymphaea leaf (brown) spot , Crown rot , Water lily leaf spot
Deadhead regularly. Remove yellow leaves.
Division, Offsets
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Nymphaea 'Escarboucle' (Waterlily 'Escarboucle') will reach a height of 0.1m and a spread of 1.5m after 5-10 years.
Aquatic, Low Maintenance
Grow in still water in sun. Plant in baskets with loamy soil, crowns just beneath the soil surface & covered with gravel or pea shingle. Submerge basket so the crowns are covered by 15-25 cm of water, lowering to 50cm once established. Feed in growth.
Clay, Loamy
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Full Sun
South, West
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Nymphaea 'Escarboucle'
Waterlily 'Escarboucle'
Nymphaea Nymphaea
'Escarboucle' _ N. 'Escarboucle' is an aquatic perennial with floating, rounded, mid-green leaves, flushed brown when young, and, in summer, large, fragrant, cup- to star-shaped, orange-red flowers with white-tipped outer petals and dark orange stamens.
Garden origin
Deciduous
Flower
Mat Forming
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
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Orange-red, Flushed white in Summer
Green in Spring; Green in Autumn
Waterlily Pests (beetle, aphid, leaf-mining midges)
Nymphaea leaf (brown) spot , Crown rot , Water lily leaf spot
Deadhead regularly. Remove yellow leaves.
Division, Offsets
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Nymphaea 'Escarboucle' (Waterlily 'Escarboucle') will reach a height of 0.1m and a spread of 1.5m after 5-10 years.
Aquatic, Low Maintenance
Grow in still water in sun. Plant in baskets with loamy soil, crowns just beneath the soil surface & covered with gravel or pea shingle. Submerge basket so the crowns are covered by 15-25 cm of water, lowering to 50cm once established. Feed in growth.
Clay, Loamy
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Full Sun
South, West
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Zone 11, Zone 10, Zone 9, Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6, Zone 5, Zone 4
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