- Package of ten Lotus seeds, Lutea, Nucifera or assorted
- Nelumbo lutea - native American Lotus, also known as Yellow Lotus or Water-chinquapin
- Nelumbo nucifera - Asiatic Lotus, also referred to as blue lotus, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, and sacred water-lily.
- Note- there are no blue lotus. The confusion comes from the Lotus being classifed in the water lily family for many years. There are blue tropical water lilies.
- Considered hardy to USDA Zone 5
- All parts of the Lotus has food and or medicinal properties.
- Lotus plays a major religious role in Hindu and Buddhist cultures
- If you are ordering Lotus Seeds and nothing else, please select the Lotus Seed shipping option of $5.00 when checking out.
- These seeds can be shipped to California and or Hawaii
- Lotus seeds make a great gift !!
- Available all year.
- All Lotus seeds have to go through "scarification" in order to grow
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This involves the scrapping of the outer seed hull
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If you are not sure how to do this I will prep the seeds for you so they are ready to start
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Recommend that you do not order this service unless you plan to start gowing the seeds as soon as you get them
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Scarification service is $5.00 for each bag of seeds and can be selected as an option when ordering the seeds
- You can also order a copy of the The Lotus Know It and Grow It Book for $9.95 (MSRP $15.00)
Check out this link to see a High School project growing Lotus from seeds