Water garden enthusiasts have something to be excited about: A purple-blooming water lily that can survive the winter right here in Lawrence. The new lily, Nymphaea “Purple Fantasy,” has been growing ...

“Adding Nymphaea thermarum, the world’s smallest and rarest water lily, to the collection is a wonderful illustration of the garden’s commitment to conservation in St. Louis and around the world,” ...

The genomic sequence of the water lily, Nymphaea colorata, has been revealed and has provided new insight into how flooring plants evolved. Researchers analyzed the plant's genome and transcriptome, ...

Although all past floras of northern North America have recognized only one species of diminutive water-lily, actually two distinct species occur in the region. The circumboreal Nymphaea tetragona ...

Famous French impressionist, Oscar Claude Monet created 250 beautiful paintings of water lilies. Monet imported water lilies from South America and Egypt to adorn his large water garden in Giverny, ...

Once Clair Russell Ossian becomes interested in a subject, he is compelled by some inner drive to become an expert. A geologist often invited on archaeology digs in Egypt, Ossian noticed repeated ...

In a crime that will shock the green-fingered, a thief has made off with the tiny water lily Nymphaea thermarum – one of the rarest plants in the world – from a botanical gardens in London. The plant, ...

An exceptionally rare flower that is virtually extinct has been stolen from London's Kew Gardens, in a crime that experts say could be the work of an obsessed collector. British newspapers say that ...

Rebecca A. Povilus, Jeffrey M. DaCosta, Christopher Grassa, Prasad R. V. Satyaki, Morgan Moeglein, Johan Jaenisch, Zhenxiang Xi, Sarah Mathews, Mary Gehring, Charles ...

Everyone is familiar with water lilies; they have round, floating leaves (lily pads) and elegant flowers. They are admired by most people and appreciated by small creatures such as damselflies and ...