WHITE Water Lily
This white lily is bright in colour and produces large amounts of foliage, it does not flower prolifically, but spreads to great widths sometimes as much as 3 metres. Occasionally it will produce new plants from its leaf stems.
Water Depth - 50cm to 150cm
Spread - 70cm to 100cm
Position - Full Sun
Planting Season - Late Spring to Summer
Flowers - Jun to Sep
Foliage - Deciduous
Hardiness - Hardy
Hardy Water Lilies
Surely the most beautiful of the water plants, water lilies produce lovely flowers that float on the surface of the water while the ‘lily pads’ provide hiding places for fish and all kinds of pond creatures. By shading the water the floating leaves help to reduce algae growth.
When you first pot it, keep it in the shallows of your pond until the leaves reach the surface, then place it in the position you wish it down to 3ft depth. Alternatively, you can put in a deeper area if you can sit the lily basket on some breeze blocks or similar to bring it nearer the surface. Then when the leaves grow you can take the blocks away and drop it to the bottom.
We would suggest you pot it into a reasonably large aquatic plant pot straight away or you will need to re-pot at the end of this season.
On receipt of the this plant, please put into water immediately. Then plant at your convenience
