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Home | Caring for your Plants | Waterlily Care
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Waterlily Care
Planting
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We
recommend that, for ease of maintenance, all lilies should be planted into mesh planting baskets or
crates. |
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Most
water lilies should be potted into a 10ltr container. |
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Use
ordinary heavy garden loam. If
you can squeeze a handful of soil into a ball, throw it up and catch
it without it breaking up, the soil is the right consistency. |
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Plant into a
heavy loam,
free from chemicals. Neither light, sandy soil, chalk nor raw clay
is suitable. NEVER add peat or compost to the soil. |
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Fill the basket ¾full of soil, pressed well down to make it really
firm. |
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Place the rhizome on the surface of the soil with
any shoots uppermost. |
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Fill with soil, again really firmly pressed into place, so that the rhizome is exposed at the growing point of the
shoots. |
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Top dress with 1-2cms washed pea gravel. |
Positioning Your Waterlily
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To obtain the greatest number of flowers throughout the flowering season (June/September), place in the
sunniest part of the pond.
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Always introduce a new plant in stages, never plunge a young plant straight into the maximum depth of water.
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For a young plant, or new introduction, there should be
no more than 20-25cms of water over the gravel. With larger lilies, as the leaves grow and separate, gradually lower the
basket until the full depth is achieved.
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Lilies do best in warm, sunny conditions, so ideally should be planted no deeper than 45-60cms deep (to the top of the
basket).
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NEVER put a lily beneath a fountain, they hate being constantly splashed and it can even kill them!
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Always position plants well away from pumps, filtration inlet/outlets, moving water and fountains.
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Displaying your Watelilies
Lilies are best displayed with clear water showing all round the plant. When choosing the variety and number of water lilies you should consider the
following:-
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The overall size of your pond i.e. in optimum conditions you will require one plant for every 1½-2 m² of surface area
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The mature size and vigour of the plant you choose i.e. you may wish to display one specimen lily rather than two or three medium lilies or several small
lilies.
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The depth of your pond, i.e. you may need to use blocks or other supports to raise planting crates to the optimum planting
depth.
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Any factors which might restrict the growth of you plants such as shade, filtration, or water features.
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Waterlilies: size x planting
depth
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Ideal Depth
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Maximum
Depth
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| LARGE L
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46cm (18in)
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90cm (36in)
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MEDIUM M
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30cm (12in)
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60cm
(24in)
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| SMALL S
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20cm (8in)
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30cm
(12in)
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| PYGMY P
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15cm (5in)
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18cm
(7in)
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These depths are a very general guide.
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