Water Gardening: Lotus, 1 by Lily_love

Lily_love wrote:
Lotus are amazing plants. I grew up watching them from the tropic-region. I live in zone 7b now, and these plants had (in a half wiskey barrel-size tub) gone through some serious frosts biten winters, and still faithfully sending out flowers each year. They're heavy feeder (in early spring), the only requirement these have is sun, more sun then plus some. It's a good thing that the person shared with your those tubers have had them for a number of years. I've a pond, but these definately won't thrive there since my pond is in the shade. Also, fish (kois and goldfish, shabunkins) in the pond will eat the tubers if you've any fish in your pond.