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#15778 - 04/06/07 10:42 AM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: loz]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 22685 Loc: Rockland County, NY	Here's an update on how my water lilies are doing in the tub today. The leaves that had started growing before I bought them are a little tattered on the edges, but the new ones look pretty good I think. _________________________ ...............
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#17109 - 04/08/07 04:26 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: plants 'n pots]
loz loz Big Trouble Garden Helper Registered: 05/18/03 Posts: 40463 Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...	Cool Lynne, yours are doing pretty good so far! I just now stuck mine in a container and took a few pics... _________________________ for Cindy to get better!!!!!
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#17201 - 04/08/07 07:36 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: loz]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 22646 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	i was noticing that my waterlily was sending up leaves. it is doing much better this year, it didn't do anything last year at all :( _________________________ work done behind the scenes is usually the least noticed and the most important.
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#18021 - 04/09/07 05:45 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: Jiffymouse]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 22685 Loc: Rockland County, NY	Jiffy - hope you get lots of flowers this time! loz - I just had to buy one of the mini cattails while I was in WalMart today - stuck it in the tub with the others - but boy is that water icy cold!!! I hope it doesn't stop the plants from flowering this year! _________________________ ...............
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#18065 - 04/09/07 06:34 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: plants 'n pots]
loz loz Big Trouble Garden Helper Registered: 05/18/03 Posts: 40463 Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...	I hope you do too Jiffy! Cool Lynne, I'm glad you got one too---I was wondering(don't laugh)...would it stay warmer if there were a covering of saran wrap across the top for a bit? I put my container in front of a window, but it's been so cold here lately. _________________________ for Cindy to get better!!!!!
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#25925 - 04/18/07 01:07 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: plants 'n pots]
sbreland sbreland Gardener Registered: 04/13/07 Posts: 109 Loc: louisiana	I finally made it to walmart to get a water lily. They also had minature cattails in the same packaging. I bought one of those too. _________________________ Sherri
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#26113 - 04/18/07 07:19 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: sbreland]
faerywatcher faerywatcher Twinkle Dream Gardener Registered: 09/20/06 Posts: 3087 Loc: jackson county,tn.	QUESTION? has anybody plopped their waterlily in the pond yet??????? i am having trouble with my pond turning orange. YES, ORANGE! a few weeks ago, i thought the dog threw up in it, (one of those chewy dog bones did not set well). so i drained it and now it did it again! so today, i drained it AGAIN! now i think that fiber in the mesh is to blame. i took it apart as the pond was filling up and planted it in something else. your thoughts please?!?!? thank goodness i have no fish in this one yet! _________________________ Wendy's photos Cindy, fight as hard as you can for yourself and all who love you!
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#26714 - 04/19/07 11:06 AM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: faerywatcher]
sbreland sbreland Gardener Registered: 04/13/07 Posts: 109 Loc: louisiana	I put my waterlily and a minature cattail plant in. It was the ones from walmart in the mesh bag. My lily is starting to grow, but my water is ok, and my fish are fine. Do you use well water? Sometimes it can be orange from rust. I will continue to watch my water plants. _________________________ Sherri
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#26773 - 04/19/07 12:50 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: sbreland]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 22685 Loc: Rockland County, NY	Wendy - I won't be able to put my plants outside here for another month - our last frost date is May 15th here. But I doubt they'll be able to go out even then, as my husband needs to shape the pond first, and get the filter, pump, waterfall and everything up and running first! I just wish that WalMart didn't sell these things soooo early in the season - they should know better - that we can't plant until mid-May! I grabbed them because the price was soooo great! I saw the exact same plants for sale at a petstore here just this week, for $2 more apiece! Here are mine today - the lilies are growing so much, that some of the leaves are actually out of the water in the tub - HELP!!! I cannot get a larger tub - I just hope they don't dry out, not being in the water anymore! _________________________ ...............
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#26803 - 04/19/07 01:38 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: plants 'n pots]
loz loz Big Trouble Garden Helper Registered: 05/18/03 Posts: 40463 Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...	Wow Lynne! Mine is nowhere near that big---it's just starting to send shoots of leaves out of the base. The cattails are growing a bit too....... I don't know what to tell you about a bigger place to put them......unless you put them each in a storage thing so they have more room to spread there leaves out on the surface? I'd help ya out if I could...when we moved we bought literally about 40 storage containers and we have a ton empty in the basement. _________________________ for Cindy to get better!!!!!
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#27490 - 04/20/07 10:41 AM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: loz]
sbreland sbreland Gardener Registered: 04/13/07 Posts: 109 Loc: louisiana	I went back to walmart yesterday and got an iris (same brand as waterlilies) all have been marked down to 4.50. but when I went in to look for a hanging basket, I found the boxes of water plants (3 to a box) marked down to 7.00 a box. They included 2 waterlilies and 1 minature cattail. The boxes were located on the bottom shelf where the different potting soils and jiffy pellets were located. Ya'll may want to check your stores. _________________________ Sherri
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#27895 - 04/20/07 07:43 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: sbreland]
faerywatcher faerywatcher Twinkle Dream Gardener Registered: 09/20/06 Posts: 3087 Loc: jackson county,tn.	Originally Posted By: sbreland I put my waterlily and a minature cattail plant in. It was the ones from walmart in the mesh bag. My lily is starting to grow, but my water is ok, and my fish are fine. Do you use well water? Sometimes it can be orange from rust. I will continue to watch my water plants. no we dont have well water, but that was my only theory on mmy orange water. we will see id it does it agsin. _________________________ Wendy's photos Cindy, fight as hard as you can for yourself and all who love you!
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#27949 - 04/20/07 08:22 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: faerywatcher]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 22685 Loc: Rockland County, NY	Sherri - my tiny WalMart NEVER marks anything down! I saw a couple of those boxes with 3 in them a few weeks ago, but they are probably gone by now. I only paid $4.99 for the water lilies - how much were yours before they got marked down to $4.50? _________________________ ...............
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#29356 - 04/23/07 12:40 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: plants 'n pots]
sbreland sbreland Gardener Registered: 04/13/07 Posts: 109 Loc: louisiana	5.44, so that wasn't much of a markdown. But maybe if mine are already marked down (because of warmer weather here), maybe yours will be before long. _________________________ Sherri
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#30360 - 04/24/07 08:41 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: faerywatcher]
faerywatcher faerywatcher Twinkle Dream Gardener Registered: 09/20/06 Posts: 3087 Loc: jackson county,tn.	Originally Posted By: faerywatcher Originally Posted By: sbreland I put my waterlily and a minature cattail plant in. It was the ones from walmart in the mesh bag. My lily is starting to grow, but my water is ok, and my fish are fine. Do you use well water? Sometimes it can be orange from rust. I will continue to watch my water plants. no we dont have well water, but that was my only theory on mmy orange water. we will see id it does it agsin. gee, i was just checking this thread and noticed my spelling----you can always tell when i take my ambien then type! sorry! _________________________ Wendy's photos Cindy, fight as hard as you can for yourself and all who love you!
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#32608 - 04/27/07 02:28 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: faerywatcher]
plants 'n pots plants 'n pots Purl One Garden Helper Registered: 11/12/03 Posts: 22685 Loc: Rockland County, NY	Ok - so are these going to make it until I can get them out in about a month or so? They are getting so long and leggy, and are actually growing out of the water! _________________________ ...............
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#32734 - 04/27/07 04:01 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: plants 'n pots]
sbreland sbreland Gardener Registered: 04/13/07 Posts: 109 Loc: louisiana	Mine is in my pond. It has already grown to the top. I see no reason why yours won't do well. Yours looks like mine. When you set them in your pond, it will be deeper than the tub, right? It should just spread out regardless. _________________________ Sherri
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#33189 - 04/28/07 07:02 AM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: sbreland]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 22646 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	mine have much longer stems to the leaves than the pond is deep. and they have been in the bottom of the pond 2 years. the first year, they didn't grow at all :p just tiny, tiny leaves right on the tuber. this year, they are there! i'll post pics eventually... _________________________ work done behind the scenes is usually the least noticed and the most important.
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#42330 - 05/11/07 05:32 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: Jiffymouse]
loz loz Big Trouble Garden Helper Registered: 05/18/03 Posts: 40463 Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...	I threw mine in the pond a while back, well I noticed today a small leaf on top of the water from it...probably about the size of an egg. Yay! My first leaf made it up! _________________________ for Cindy to get better!!!!!
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#44728 - 05/15/07 08:34 AM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: loz]
loz loz Big Trouble Garden Helper Registered: 05/18/03 Posts: 40463 Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...	My little lily leaf! _________________________ for Cindy to get better!!!!!
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#62099 - 06/09/07 02:15 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: loz]
Pinkhorseofcourse Pinkhorseofcourse Wild Willow Great Gardener Registered: 04/17/06 Posts: 692 Loc: Rolling Hills of SE Ohio	Awww.. I saw these at Wal Mart just yesterday too.. They didn't have very many left and I almost got one.. but I didn't know what I would need.. and I don't want something that is going to take up the whole pond.. The one I was looking at was the darker pinkish red one.. and they also had a yellow one.. but I would prefer the pink.. So do you guys think one of these would be good for my pond? _________________________
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#62269 - 06/09/07 07:13 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: Pinkhorseofcourse]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 22646 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	oh yes. very good, and will help with water clarity. just make sure you plant it in something, not just let it go on the bottom of the pond. _________________________ work done behind the scenes is usually the least noticed and the most important.
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#62295 - 06/09/07 08:16 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: Jiffymouse]
Pinkhorseofcourse Pinkhorseofcourse Wild Willow Great Gardener Registered: 04/17/06 Posts: 692 Loc: Rolling Hills of SE Ohio	Thank you Jiffymouse!! What type of container do I need to buy to put it in? And what type of dirt/soil should I use? _________________________
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#62423 - 06/10/07 06:48 AM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: Pinkhorseofcourse]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 22646 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	i've used plain garden dirt, and i've used the fancy stuff just for water plants. it doesn't seem to matter actually... one thing i've learned though, slowly put the pot with the plant in a bucket of water before you put it in your pond, that way it will remove alot of the dust and stuff... just don't let it dry between... _________________________ work done behind the scenes is usually the least noticed and the most important.
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#62587 - 06/10/07 12:14 PM Re: Hardy Waterlily [Re: Jiffymouse]
Pinkhorseofcourse Pinkhorseofcourse Wild Willow Great Gardener Registered: 04/17/06 Posts: 692 Loc: Rolling Hills of SE Ohio	It seems like plain dirt would float some.. and get the pond icky.. I was looking in a Doctors Foster and Smith Catalog last night and I saw the water plant medium you are probably talking about.. I dunno.. I will have to wait and see... I am anxious to get some water lilies though!!! And my water lettuce too.. it is so cute!!! _________________________
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