The water lily is the undisputed star in the water garden. Learn how you can plant lilies in the pond itself. Lily any size can be planted in a bucket on the terrace or in ponds. They grow from tubers planted stems underwater with rounded leaves and flowers asteroid drifting, floating on the water surface.
lily plants in the garden pond
Water lilies are reliable and easy to grow – a good choice for beginners. They bloom in the morning and close your flowers after sunset. Go three or four days before sinking below the surface. The flowers appear from spring to autumn, blooming in all colors except blue and purple. Tropical water lilies bloom in exotic colors, they need a little 'more attention, but the effort is worth it. The night-blooming varieties have bright colors, almost electric. Tropical lilies need water temperatures above 21 degrees Celsius and tubers must be removed from the pond in the winter.
Lily pond plants in the garden – step by step
1 Use a container that is wide and flat. A good size is 30 x 45 x 25 cm and 15 cm deep. The tuber, which is similar to iris rhizome, expands horizontally. If there are drainage holes, place the canvas there to keep the dirt floor in the container. Soil, leaching might blur the water in your pond.
2 Use a background for heavy use in the garden, no soft floating out of the container. Avoid soil mixtures with perlite, vermiculite, peat for the same reason. Enrich the soil with fertilizer, especially for aquatic plants.
3 Remove the old leaves and thick, fleshy roots old. Let the leaves and buds are beginning to emerge and new fine roots.
4 planting potatoes against the side of the pot with the growing tip -. More than 45 degrees – and toward the center of the plate
5 Cover the bottom with a layer of rock or gravel to keep the soil in the pot.
6 pot planted in the lake should be lowered at an angle so that air can escape. The leaves floating on the surface. If the pond is deeper than 45 cm, then you need something that can withstand the pot.
As in the pond lilies can prepare for your winter
Make your lilies ready for winter by removing all the dead leaves and falls. If the pond freezes in your climate, then remove the lily, container and all. Keep the entire container in a cool, damp place it in a plastic bag. If you can not save the whole pot, remove and clean up the tuber and store in peat 5-10 ° C.
If the pond does not freeze solid, do not you remove the pot, but only minor in the deepest part of the pond where the water does not freeze part. In the spring you bring the pot on the right level in the pond.
Tips for clear pond water
Keep your pool clean and beautiful that. Plants do not fertilize more. They also eat algae, which in turn make the green water of the pond. Do not overfeed the fish or have too many fish for the size of the pond. Withdraw from decaying vegetation. Ensure that 60 percent of the pond is shaded by water lilies and other plants safe. Keep the oxygen-rich water fountains or waterfalls. Do not kill the algae with chemical treatments that are also plants, fish and beneficial bacteria injure living in the pond.
Theresa V. Adams
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