Lotus in a container water garden?

[Tennessee Dave]

Do any of you have any experience growing Lotus in a container garden. My little water garden with water lily, floaters and a couple of bog plants has been tremendously successful this year. Next year I think I would like to try a Water Lotus in the container rather than the other plants. Any experience or advice? I value your opinions.

 

[Lisak1]

We have lotuses growing in tubs right now - they need to get into the pond, but they've been slow to start so we're babying them a bit. You could grow a lotus in a container garden but just make sure you choose one that is suited for the size. And you may want to contain the lotus within the container - like keep it in a pot inside your water garden - to prevent the roots from going crazy and taking over the whole container!

 

[Linus_Cello]

I grow mine in containers in a tub on the driveway. Only place with decent light. For the winter I put them in the bottom of the pond about 18 inches. The pond is part sun/shade.

 

[bagsmom]

I have a large variety of lotus in a container made of a preformed pond. It's round and 40" in diameter -- about 18" deep. I dug it into the ground next to my main pond and planted mint and creeping jenny around it. It looks really good now!

 

[bagsmom]

You can see my hand below the blossom. The lotus is huge! The photo below shows how well disguised the edge of the container is. I'm really enjoying growing lotus!

 

[Karen Reck]

Yes, I have tried this. The Lotus started pushing up leader leaves the very next week. So far, though, it has been very impressive.

 

[tbendl]

I have a lotus growing in one of the large plastic pots from Lowes in my pond. It's doing great! Sits in almost 3 feet of water. You can barely see the outline of the pot it's in at the bottom of the picture.