I've only just recently got back from down south after spending a few weeks over Christmas with family. While down there I talked some of them into visiting the Blue Lotus Water Garden. It's a nursery and watergarden set on about 5.7 hectares of land east of Melbourne. The watergarden is set up for picnics and BBQ's, and there's also a small cafe. They charge $10 entry for adults, less for children and seniors. The nursery area is free. It was certainly a worthwhile trip. They'd had a severe hail storm a few days prior and the lily pads were still the worse for wear. Being in the main growing season new flowers had quickly replaced any damaged ones.
Most of their plants are cultivars, they claim over 50 varieties of Lotus. Their lakes/dams/ponds are well established and most of the water surface is covered by vegetation. I'm not familiar with the names of their plants so this will be an unnamed series of photos.
(And by the way, never saw a single blue lotus anywhere. Must be a lotus water garden with blue water )
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