Mrs. Edwards Whitaker Tropical Water Lily

Mrs. Edwards Whitaker. George Pring, famous hybridizer form the Missouri Botancial Gardens, introduced this beautiful hybrid in 1917. Flowers are lavender blue becoming pale with age until they are almost white. Blossoms are often 10 inches or more, stamens bright yellow, petals numerous and paper thin, and there is a decided fragrance. Leaves are almost round, mottled or streaked with dark red above and blotched with purple on the pale green base below. The plants do best in large pools but may be grown in a tub. In the words of the famous Tricker hybridizer Robert Sawyer that had a photograph of this distinct water lily in his book with the caption "Whitaker is a gigantic light blue water lily that opens early and closes late. It is one of the best Tropcials."