Lotus plants are aquatic perennials that often grow in ponds and lakes and can be grown easily in backyard water gardens. While often called water lilies, they are not. Lotus (Nelumbo spp.) leaves and ...

The near-mythic lotus is easy to grow here in the subtropics. And you don’t really even need a proper pond. When I was a kid up north, I didn’t think the Everglades was a real place. It seemed like a ...

For the past three years, I have been trying to learn all I could about growing lotus (Nelumbo species) in a bowl. After two years of failure, I finally got it right last summer. And it was not that ...

With January marking a new year full of new possibilities, many of us are spending this month setting some goals and manifesting what we want our 2025 to look like. Well, what if I told you there are ...

American lotus, or Nelumbo lutea, is an aquatic plant found growing in still to slow-moving freshwater habitats across much of eastern and central North America. With large pads and striking golden ...

GROSSE ILE, Mich. — A rapidly spreading patch of flowering American lotus is causing an ugly battle. Across the Detroit River's Gibraltar Bay on Hickory Island, Sue Liphardt said she doesn't like the ...