🧡 Siam Fantasy Hardy Water Lily – A Play of Peach and Gold

The Siam Fantasy Hardy Water Lily is a delightful, color-changing variety that adds surprise and brilliance to any pond. A “sport”, or natural variation of the famous Wanvisa, this hardy perennial displays warm peach-and-yellow blooms often flecked with the opposite color, creating an ever-shifting mosaic of sunset shades. Its green pads, mottled with red when young, frame the flowers beautifully, giving your pond a painterly glow.

Medium in size yet bold in character, Siam Fantasy is vigorous and easy to grow, flowering freely from late spring until frost. It’s perfect for small to medium ponds or larger containers where its distinctive two-tone blossoms can be admired up close.

🌱 Planting & Care Instructions for Siam Fantasy Hardy Water Lily

• Plant Size: Medium hardy waterlily

• Spread: 3–4 feet across

• Suggested Container: 14–16 inch wide aquatic fabric container, or plant directly in a natural pond shelf

• Planting Depth (soil to water surface): 8–18 inches for best results

• Soil: Use heavy loam topsoil or PondGro Aquatic Loam Soil; avoid bagged mixes, peat, or stones that float or rot in water

• Sunlight Needs: Full sun – minimum 6 hours of direct light daily

• Water: Calm, still water is best for steady flowering

💡 Tip: When planted in warmer climates and fertilized regularly, Siam Fantasy blooms nearly every day through summer.

💧 How to Fertilize Siam Fantasy Hardy Water Lily

• Apply 4 Waterlily World Fertilizer Tablets on the 1st and 15th of each month (May – September).

• Press tabs 3–4 inches deep around the rhizome crown.

• Consistent feeding encourages continuous blooms and healthy, mottled foliage.

🌸 Fragrance

Siam Fantasy offers a light, sweet fragrance that complements its soft color palette, adding romance to the water garden.

✅ Do’s & ❌ Don’ts for Siam Fantasy Hardy Water Lily

✅ Do

• Plant in full sun for maximum color variation and bloom frequency

• Use wide containers with heavy loam soil or plant directly in pond soil

• Fertilize regularly through the season

• Divide rhizomes every 1–2 years to maintain vigorous growth

• Keep the crown just above the soil line

❌ Don’t

• ❌ Don’t use bagged compost, aquatic media, or gravel – these rot or block growth

• ❌ Don’t bury the crown too deep – it must remain slightly exposed

• ❌ Don’t plant too deep (> 20 inches) if you want regular flowers

• ❌ Don’t let floating plants or other lilies shade Siam Fantasy – sunlight is vital

• ❌ Don’t delay planting upon arrival – all parts must stay wet and be repotted immediately

📦 Shipping Information for Siam Fantasy Hardy Water Lily

• Shipping Window: April through September across the USA

• Spring Shipping Schedule: Ships according to our posted schedule, timed to your region’s safe planting window (northern areas ship later).

• Weekly Shipments: After spring starts, plants ship weekly through summer, usually until or through September.

• Method: 2–3 day service (usually UPS; sometimes USPS or FedEx depending on location).

• Schedule: Orders ship at the start of each week to avoid weekend delays.

• Tracking: You’ll receive an email with tracking information the day your order ships.

Arrival & Guarantee:

• Shipped as a live pond plant (rhizome with starter growth).

• Must be repotted immediately in heavy loam soil or planted directly into a pond.

• All parts (rhizome, crown, roots, and stems) must stay wet during unpacking and planting.

• Minor yellowing or leaf damage is normal and quickly replaced by fresh growth.

• For any concerns, email photos within 24 hours of delivery (unpacked plant + packing slip with initials) to PondQuestions@gmail.com.

📋 Siam Fantasy Hardy Water Lily – Specifications

• Variety Name: Siam Fantasy Hardy Water Lily

• Flower Color: Peach to yellow, often flecked or blended (two-tone blooms)

• Fragrance: Light, sweet fragrance

• Flower Size: 4–6 inches across

• Pad Color & Size: Green pads, red-mottled when young, 6–8 inches across

• Plant Size & Spread: Medium; 3–4 feet wide

• Planting Depth (Soil to Water Surface): 8–18 inches

• Container Size Recommended: 14–16 inch aquatic fabric container or pond planting

• Sunlight Requirements: Full sun (6+ hours daily)

• Fertilizing Schedule: 4 tablets on the 1st and 15th each month (May–September)

• Hardiness Zones: USDA Zones 4–11

• Shipped As: Live pond plant (rhizome with starter growth) — repot immediately on arrival; keep all parts wet until planted

🌿 About the Variety – Siam Fantasy

The Siam Fantasy Hardy Water Lily is a fascinating mutation of the award-winning Wanvisa hybrid from Thailand, enhanced for stronger petal count and deeper color contrast. Where Wanvisa blushes randomly, Siam Fantasy mixes peach, gold, and coral into deliberately marbled petals, producing some of the most photographed hardy lily blooms in the world.

Fast-growing and reliable, Siam Fantasy has been embraced by collectors for its striking two-tone display and easy nature. Whether grown in a home pond or a large landscape water feature, it brings the look of tropical artistry to a hardy, perennial plant.

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