PlantFiles Pictures: Hardy Water Lily, Waterlily 'Colorado', 0 by ineedacupoftea

ineedacupoftea wrote:
How do Jo;
Looks like yours is a big happy plant, as the flower is standing out.
I find that 'Colorado' benefits from division to keep the eyes large. (removing plantlets that take vigour from the big blooming eyes) I also notice that it's a hungry son of a gun, and does well with fortnightly fertilizing with pond-tabs. (15-5-10) Fertlizing makes a tremendous difference. Huge. Soil's importance is to keep the silly (high bouyancy) thing attached to the bottom of the pond, so keeping the roots happy has more to do with fertilizer. My 3-gallon pot allows me to stick in a couple fertilizer tabs to fully deliver the nutrients.

It also grows pretty large, and I think is best accomodated in a deep pond (which I haven't) so it can spread out to its full 6' glory. In a pond like mine that has more lilies (who all want nutrients) than fish to naturally provide that, fertilizing is essential. It is like non-aquatic plants in pots. Pots restrict how far the roots can go for nutrients. In a perfect world, we would all have mud-bottom ponds!

Sun: a waterlily will bloom with 4 hours of sun or so, but maximum blooms come with a position that has no sun-obstructions, like a person needs for a veg garden with tomatoes. moreliek 6-8 hours of sun.

I Hope this helps, Kenton

New to me, the changeable 'Paul Hariot.' (day 1)