Grow Your Secret Garden Yellow Water Lily

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5 Tropical Lily- Excellent for ponds, water-filled pottery containers,wooden barrels and water features Beautiful water lily ponds containing water lilies once seen are never totally forgotten. And everyone at some stage or another has seen Monet's water lilies even though they are on canvas. Water lilies are easy to grow. Water lilies needs deeper water and do not like flowing or splashing water. Water lilies are without doubt the most beautiful aquatic s and are a must for every sunny water garden. But they need not only be used in ponds. Innovative gardeners with small gardens and sunny courtyards can enjoy them too, as they can be successfully grown in a variety of water-filled pottery containers, wooden barrels, old kitchen sinks and water features. This beautiful tropical is an excellent bloomer, which can produce six or seven blooms at a time! It is also extremely prolific. The blooms are held high above the water. This is an excellent for the beginners. The flowers are held high above the water, about one foot high. The large, round and flat flowers bloom freely. The flowers are 7” - 10” across with 19 - 20 petals and a faint but pungent fragrance. They bloom from mid-summer to early fall. This aceous has lovely foliage even when not in bloom. The leaves are reddish bronze and heavily serrated on top with purple undersides. The copper pads with purplish spots are huge, 10” - 12” around with a spread of 5’ - 6’ when ed in a 3-5 gallons container. The wavy leaves grow more circular over time. The can be sprouted in warm water and potted individually, but others prefer to them before they sprout. The number of determines the container size, everything from small pots to dish pans to small ponds. Put a layer of any good growing medium in the bottom, add water to the brim, level and compact the soil once it has settled from filling with water.