Dividing water lily

[cnyle]

Not horrible at all! I've seen many lilies for sale labeled at "pink" or "white" with no actual name attached. As long as you enjoy it, who cares! It's beautiful!

Thank you! I don't feel like I did much other than to put it in a pot, it did all the rest lol! I do agree that it is a nice flower.

 

[TJeep_1999]

I'm going to sound horrible here but, I'm not sure of the exact type. I got it from Lowes when I first started the pond. It's probably in the sun about 1/2 of the day. It gets pretty much full afternoon/evening sun. And thank you!

I saw the shade and the pretty flower and was thinking it would work for me. I get about 1/2 day sun as well and it's hard finding small lilies that do well when not in full sun. No worries... maybe I'll check out Lowes and get lucky!

 

[addy1]

Here are some shade lilies

14 Shade Tolerant Water Lilies

Got a shady pond? Enjoy our list of favorite shade tolerant water lilies categorized by color, along with their requirements for sunlight.

www.aquascapeinc.com

 

[Mmathis]

My tip (if it wasn’t already mentioned)….. use a SHALLOW pan! Their roots don’t go very deep and if you use a deep pan, you’ll end up with a lily sitting on top of a HEAVY pot of smelly, gross kitty litter (if that’s what you use). I didn’t know that at first and thought if I used a deeper pan/pot, it would give the roots more room to grow and spread out and I wouldn’t have to repot as often. Nope!

 

[Marck]

Looks great! What type of lilly is that? How much sun does it get?

The red Waterlily pictured in Post #9 might be Nymphaea x 'James Brydon'.
This cultivar is grown by the wholesale grower, Van Zyverden, and is commonly sold at Lowes.

 

[cnyle]

My tip (if it wasn’t already mentioned)….. use a SHALLOW pan! Their roots don’t go very deep and if you use a deep pan, you’ll end up with a lily sitting on top of a HEAVY pot of smelly, gross kitty litter (if that’s what you use). I didn’t know that at first and thought if I used a deeper pan/pot, it would give the roots more room to grow and spread out and I wouldn’t have to repot as often. Nope!

I went ahead and divided them up and replanted back into pea gravel like before. But I guess it's not too late to change things. Thank you!

 

[cnyle]

The red Waterlily pictured in Post #9 might be Nymphaea x 'James Brydon'.
This cultivar is grown by the wholesale grower, Van Zyverden, and is commonly sold at Lowes.

Lowe's is definitely where I got it from.

 

[cnyle]

I just wanted to say it looks like the divide went well. Thanks for the great advice I once again received! I will post some flower pics once they come out.

 

[addy1]

Growing good!

 

[cnyle]

And here’s what opened up today!