Factual Commentaries

Every water gardening season I get asked if just floating the water lilies in the water is okay. When asked this question my answer is pretty simple.  Most plants, water plants included need …..

Summer is starting to give way to autumn and if you notice that your lilies aren’t putting on as many pads or blooms, and their pads are turning brown, this is a good indication that the water is……..

If you have ever seen a natural earth bottom pond, one that has been created by man or by nature, the plants are …….

If a waterfall is part of your water garden be careful where you place your water plants.  If placed to close to moving water there are several things that can happen……..

Lilies, lotus and margin plants all require different depths in your pond. For success in growing your water plants it is very important to know how deep to place them. I would like to ………..

If you would like to or have to remove your lilies from the ….

Just think when was the last time a boxed lily has seen the sun or been in the water? After all we are……...

Hardy water lilies grow from what is called a rhizome.  The rhizome grows beneath the surface and sends its roots into the soil and its leaves and flowers upward.  In the case of water lilies the ….

In this months issue of our newsletter in an article called, “What is a water lily rhizome?” we explained what a rhizome looks like and how it grows.  In this article we will tell you about ……...

The best type of container is one without holes, and one that is short with and wide at the top.  This will give plenty of room for the Marliac rhizome to…..

On the right we are showing how a water lily will over grow in the container.  If you plant lilies in a container and place them in a natural or earth bottom pond they will eventually ……….

The easiest way to get the plant out of the container it has been growing in is to cut the container to make it easier to remove the  plant…...

How do hardy water lilies grow?

What is a water lily rhizome?

Different kinds of hardy water lily rhizomes?

How to plant the different types of hardy water lilies rhizomes?

How to plant hardy water lilies in an earth bottom or natural pond

How to divide hardy water lilies

To remove or not to remove my plants from the pond?  That is the question! 

My roots need dirt, How would you like to grow in gravel?

Don’t put me to close to the waterfall!

Help I am way to deep and I think I am going to drown

Hardy water lily in the closet

I have been in this box way to long or the long journey

Transplanting hardy water lilies

Many times we get calls asking us why a plant is taking so long to come back after the water gardener divided their lily….

Last fall I selected four identical Perry’s Baby Red lilies.  I fertilized all of the same, they all got ……...

· Kitty litter, Gravel or plain dirt??

I am not sure if those of you who are reading this months newsletter articles remember that last spring ………...

We are often asked by our customers why their lilies are not as large or why the colors are not as intense,……….

Those of you who live in high altitudes should be aware that some varieties of hardy lilies ……….

Water Lily Blooms

Why do my water lilies have small leaves and blooms?

Hardy Water Lilies For High Altitudes 

What To Do With Water Plants In The Fall

Trimming or cutting the water lily leaves

September is here and I just want to give a little reminder to those of you who live in parts of the country where fall ……….

Many times we are asked what should be done with the lily pads that have gotten dry or turned ……….