N. Queen Sirkit  is WINTER HARDY which is an intersubgeneric hybrid (a cross between a hardy and a tropical water lily), and is recognized as being among the first hardy blue and violet water lilies in the world. It was created by the now-legendary Pairat Songpanich at his water lily farm in Thailand. A Thai horticultural researcher Mr.Pairat Songpanit, an academic in the Department of Agriculture has developed a purple-hued water lily named after Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.

It is one of our favorite HARDY waterlily at Bergen Water Gardens