Nymphaea ‘Marliac Carnea’ – Medium Water Lily

Description

An 1879 Marliac introduction. It’s really quite remarkable that some of the very first lilies that Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac created have remained popular to this day and not fallen by the wayside as further improvements were made by hybridization and selective breeding. Marliac’s first introduction, ‘Chromatella,’ in 1877 is still a popular yellow. He followed this with ‘Marliacea Albida’ and ‘Marliacea Carnea’ in 1879. ‘Marliacea Albida’ is a very good white water lily. Instead of that variety though we decided to add ‘Marliacea Carnea’ to our current collection. It’s a similar lily but has the added benefit of having a blush pink cast to the flowers instead of the pure white of ‘Marliacea Albida.’ Some flowers though are almost pure white with almost no pink cast at all. This variation in flower color makes ‘Marliacea Carnea’ a little more interesting and so it got the nod over ‘Marliacea Albida’.