Nelumbo Moling Qiuse
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This small lotus bears a double yellow flower of 10 to 15 cm, with more than 50 petals, on a plant of 30 to 50 cm. It can be grown in a 20 L container for the first season, under 10 to 20 cm of water, in full sun.
The rhizome is shipped bare-root and dormant, from 1 April to 15 June. An order placed outside this period is dispatched when the following season opens.
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The summary
- What you receive: a bare Moling Qiuse lotus rhizome, dispatched dormant from 1 April to 15 June.
- The size: a small lotus standing 30 to 50 cm above the water, with leaves of 10 to 15 cm.
- The flower: yellow, with more than 50 petals, 10 to 15 cm across, deepening in colour over the days.
- The container: 20 L in the first season, wider afterwards, under 10 to 20 cm of water.
Small lotus with a double yellow flower, for a tub on a pond edge or a basin
The Moling Qiuse bears a very full yellow flower, with more than 50 petals, on a small lotus that rises 30 to 50 cm above the water. It is a cultivar by Ding Yuesheng, and its Chinese name 秣陵秋色 reads "autumn colours of Moling", Moling being the old name of Nanjing. Plant it in a tub placed on the edge of a pond or in a large terrace planter, in full sun.
🌻 The yellow that deepens
The flower opens pale yellow and deepens from day to day, so that your plant, once established, carries pale and deeper-coloured flowers at the same time. Each bloom measures 10 to 15 cm and has more than 50 petals, which places it among the double forms. The season starts early in summer and lasts about 2 months, and flowering is abundant on a second-year plant, once the rhizome has built up its reserves.
The height
The leaves and flowers rise 30 to 50 cm above the surface.
The container
A 20 L pot is enough for the first season, a wider container afterwards.
Water
Allow 10 to 20 cm above the grow medium, not measured from the bottom.
The sun
A position in full sun determines the number of flowers.
A cramped rhizome flowers less
A lotus rhizome grows horizontally beneath the soil and stops against the wall of the container. When the pot is full, after 2 to 3 seasons, flowering declines even though the foliage stays reasonable. Divide the rhizome or move the root ball into a wider tub, which gives better results than extra fertiliser.
🪣 Sizing the tub
In the first season, a 20 L pot is enough for the rhizome: it settles in, puts out leaves and flowers. After that, two options are open to you: divide the rhizome and replant one section in the same pot, or transfer the whole root ball to a wider round container where the plant can reach its full size. In both cases, choose a solid-sided container filled with heavy, clay-rich garden soil, then position it so as to keep 10 to 20 cm of water above the grow medium, measured from the soil and not from the bottom of the pond.
The fertiliser is slipped into the soil of the container
A lotus draws everything from the soil where its rhizome runs, and a container of a few dozen litres is exhausted within a season. At planting, and then every spring, push 6 to 9 pellets of fertiliser for aquatic plants into the soil at mid-depth, around the rhizome. These pellets release slowly and cover the season in a single application, so you do not have to go back and add them in midsummer.
🐟 On a fish pond
A small lotus will not cover the surface of your pond, but it finds its place on a ledge, where its 30 to 50 cm of foliage stays at eye level. In an ornamental pond, the tablets are pushed into the soil in the planting basket, never into open water, otherwise they feed the pond algae before the lotus. This rule applies to the whole aquatic plants collection. Where fish, bacteria and crops share the same water in an aquaponic system, however, keep the tablets for pots kept outside the system, because a mineral input released into the shared water skews your readings; the article on lotus in aquaponics shows how these plants fit into such a system.
📦 The rhizome on arrival
You receive a bare rhizome, dormant, with no leaves at all. Lay it flat on the firmed soil, with the growing tips pointing towards the centre of the container, then cover it with only 2 to 3 cm of soil, leaving the tips just showing. Wait 3 to 4 days before filling the container, finish with a thin layer of pouzzolane and flood gradually: first 2 to 3 cm of water above the grow medium, then the final depth once the first floating leaves have emerged.
✂️ Dividing the rhizome
After 2 to 3 seasons, the rhizome has filled the container and flowering becomes sparse. Bring your tub out in March or April, during dormancy, free the rhizome by hand and cut it into sections, each with 2 to 3 nodes and intact growing tips. Replant a single section per tub, laid flat, under 2 to 3 cm of soil, and pot the others up in a second container. After the end of April, the plant has started growing again and it should not be divided for the rest of the year.
Technical specifications
The plant
- Height
- 30 to 50 cmSmall lotus, leaves and flowers held above the surface
- Flower
- Yellow, 10 to 15 cmIt opens pale yellow and deepens over the days
- Petals
- Over 50Double form, very full corolla
- Leaf
- Parasol of 10 to 15 cmFloating at first, then standing upright on a rigid stem
- Flowering
- Summer, about two monthsEarly start, abundant flowering once established
- Water depth
- 10 to 20 cmMeasured from the surface of the grow medium to the water surface
To budget for separately
- Container
- 20 L pot, then a wider oneRound and full, to be moved to a larger pot after 2 to 3 seasons
- Heavy grow medium
- Clay garden soilFree of stones and coarse organic matter
- Aquatic fertiliser
- Slow-release tablets6 to 9 pellets per plant, at planting and then every spring
- Pozzolana
- 1 to 2 cm at the surfaceIt holds the soil in place when filling
2 further specifications are available in the detailed view.
In the box
- 1 bare Moling Qiuse lotus rhizome, shipped dormant
Height, leaf, flower and water depth recorded on 11/10/2026 from the grower's technical data sheet; petal count recorded on 20/09/2026 from the breeding nurseries.
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The rhizome is dispatched from 1 April to 15 June, bare and dormant, wrapped in damp paper in a sealed bag. An order placed outside this period is shipped when the following season opens. The exact amount is calculated at the basket.
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