Table 5.

Comparison of phenological periods of 3 Nelumbo nucifera cultivars.

Cultivar	Germination Time	Time of Floating Leaves Unfolding	Time of Vertical Leaves Unfolding	Time of Budding
‘Fen Yan Zi’	12.25 ± 6.67 a	25.38 ± 6.76 a	69.38 ± 23.49 a	37.88 ± 7.2 b
‘Xiang Hu Xian Zi’	12.15 ± 3.34 a	24.08 ± 2.43 a	64.38 ± 10.89 a	55.77 ± 11.09 b
‘Xiang Hu Yan Yu’	15.08 ± 8.61 a	27.67 ± 5.97 a	58.08 ± 22.35 a	61.83 ± 12.3 a

Different lower case letters mean significant difference at p = 0.05.