The water lily is the undisputed star in the water garden. Learn how you can plant lilies in the pond itself. Waterlilies any size can be planted in a bucket on the terrace or in ponds. They grow from tubers planted underwater stems with rounded leaves and flowers star-shaped drifting, floating on the water surface.
Plant lilies 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 through three or four days before they sink below the surface. The flowers appear from spring to autumn, bloom in all colors except blue and purple. Tropical water lilies that bloom in exotic colors, need a little more care, but the effort is worth it. The night blooming varieties have bright colors, almost electric. Tropical water lilies require a water temperature above 21 degrees C and tubers should be removed from the pond in winter.
lily plants in the pond – step by step
Use of a container 1 which is wide and flat. A good size is 30 x 15 x 45 cm wide and 25 cm deep. The tuber, which is similar to the iris rhizome grows horizontally. If there are drainage holes, jute place there to keep the soil in the bottom of the container. The soil leaching could blur the water in your pond.
2 Use a heavy background for use in the garden, no soft soil that levitate in the container. Avoid soil mixtures with perlite, vermiculite, peat for the same reason. Enrich the soil with a specific fertilizer for aquatic plants.
3 Remove the old leaves and thick, fleshy roots old. Let the leaves and buds begin to emerge and new, fine roots.
4 Plant the tubers against the side of the pot with the tip grow -. Above 45 degrees – and towards the center of the pot
5 Cover the bottom with a layer of rock or gravel to keep the soil in the pot.
6 pot planted should be lowered into the lake at an angle so that the air can escape. Leaves float on the surface. If the pond is deeper than 45 inches, then you need something that can withstand the pot.
How you can prepare your garden pond for the winter your water lilies
Make your lilies ready for winter by removing all dead or dying leaves. If the pond freezes in your climate, then remove the water lily, container and all. Keep the entire container in cool and wet putting it in a plastic bag. If you can not save the whole pot, remove and clean the tuber growth and store in peat moss 5 to 10 degrees C.
If the pond does not freeze solid, you do not remove the pot, but just down in the deepest part of the pond where the water does not freeze part. In the spring you bring the pot back on the right level in the pond.
Tips for Water clear pond
Keep your clean and beautiful like that basin. The plant is fertile. They will also feed on the algae, which in turn make the green of the pond water. Do not overfeed the fish or have too many fish in the pond size. To remove the decaying vegetation. Make that 60 percent of the pond is shaded by water lilies and other plants safe. Keep the oxygen-rich water with fountains or waterfalls. Not kill algae with chemical treatments, plants, fish and beneficial bacteria that live in the wrong pond.
Peter Dark
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