Bloomers!

[taherrmann4]

Pickerel is a nice plant but mine spread like crazy and I ripped it out last year. I have one tiny piece that apparently survived.

 

[j.w]

Mine were too attractive to aphids and no matter how much water I blasted on them they would always come right back so I got rid of mine also. Man those suckers are hard to get out of a pot when they've been in for years

 

[addy1]

I put some in end of last summer, it is the only plant that did not make it over winter in my bog.

 

[taherrmann4]

Mine were too attractive to aphids and no matter how much water I blasted on them they would always come right back so I got rid of mine also. Man those suckers are hard to get out of a pot when they've been in for years

I just threw mine in the creek and they weren't potted so they were rather difficult to rip out and that is why they spread b/c they were not contained.

 

[adavisus]

Yes, some hardies are strong growing and quickly outgrow an ornamental pond, causing far more trouble than the original price...

A vigorous large hardy waterlily will quickly dome up with foliage bulging out of the pond, making it easy for infestations of aphids and grazing bugs to jump aboard, then, foliage damaging fungus like cercospora gets the opportunity to take off

It's kinda nice to know when choosing a waterlily, that it is suitable for the pond size and position, there are soooo many to choose between

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[sissy]

I just went outside and found another lily getting ready to pop open from another plant .I guess I will have to be patient and see what color this one is

 

[adavisus]

Well, Sissy! camera at the ready, huh?

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[sissy]

for sure my first one started out pink and peach color after 2 days it was peach and white and after 3 more days it was mostly white and then turned yellowish white .It only would open for 2 or 3 hours in the middle of the day .Now it is just a bulb but does not open anymore .I'm not sure if thats normal or not .

 

[taherrmann4]

Andy what are the names of the blue and pink lily they are gorgeous. Are they hardies or tropical?

 

[adavisus]

The names are usually on the photo file, if there isn't a name, that usually indicates its a waterlily that was raised here.

The pink is a hardy, star of siam is a tropical

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[adavisus]

Ooh, Miami Rose, now theres a perty bloomer

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[sissy]

that one looks like the sun peeking through an Indian suri

 

[adavisus]

Never having stared at any Indian Sari's, I can politely say I can only wonder at such a sight

The King of Siam is just about the only exotic Asian I'll be likely to peek at

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[addy1]

for sure my first one started out pink and peach color after 2 days it was peach and white and after 3 more days it was mostly white and then turned yellowish white .It only would open for 2 or 3 hours in the middle of the day .Now it is just a bulb but does not open anymore .I'm not sure if thats normal or not .

When it is done blooming, sissy, it looks like a bud that will still open but sinks below the water, the bloom stalk gets slightly twisted. I cut mine off, the bud will slowly rot and fall apart if you don't

 

[adavisus]

Immutabilis has the distinction, its blooms can pop for 10 days or so

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