荷花(Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn),为睡莲科莲属多年生水生植物。荷花在石家庄开花稀少,观赏价值低,主要以食用为主。为了探索荷花在北方的表现,我园于95年4月初从武汉东湖花卉盆景研究所引种20余种1700多支藕种,进行栽培试验。在张行言等专家的指导下,初步掌握了栽培管理技术,现将试验结果初报如下: 一、栽培方法: Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn), is a water lily genus perennial aquatic plants. Lotus flowers in Shijiazhuang sparse, ornamental value is low, mainly based on food. In order to explore the performance of lotus in the north, I park in early April 1995 from the Wuhan East Lake Flower Bonsai Institute introduced more than 17 kinds of more than 1700 lotus root, for cultivation experiments. Under the guidance of Zhang Xingyan and other experts, preliminary mastered the cultivation and management techniques, the initial results are reported as follows: First, cultivation methods: