Nymphaea 'Tanzanite'
Nymphaea ‘Tanzanite’
Nymphaea ‘Tanzanite’ is a tropical waterlily created by Florida Aquatic Nurseries in 2009. It is a deep violet bloom with mottled pads.
Nymphaea ‘Tanzanite’ was the 2009 winner in the annual International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society (IWGS) contest is Nymphaea ‘Tanzanite’, a striking tropical waterlily with large, deep purple flowers and mottled pads. In addition to Best New Waterlily, Nymphaea ‘Tanzanite’ won Best New Tropical Waterlily. Florida Aquatic Nurseries also had the Second Best Tropical Waterlily in the competition with Nymphaea ‘Hot Pink’, a vigorous tropical waterlily with neon pink flowers and vividly mottled pads.
Here is FAN’s description…
Nymphaea ‘Tanzanite’ is an exciting new tropical waterlily. The flower is the deepest violet purple of all the current tropical waterlilies, even more so than last year’s winner, Nymphaea ‘Ultra Violet’. It has a bright gold center and 50 petals which add to the attraction. Not only is the flower excellent, but the pads of this waterlily are beautifully mottled with bright green and purple stripes. Nymphaea ‘Tanzanite’ is a very vigorous waterlily and a prolific bloomer. It typically has more than one flower open each day. The compact growth habit helps to keep this plant medium sized and is ideal for any pond or water garden including containers. Nymphaea ‘Tanzanite’ is truly an eye catching tropical waterlily.
