'Starting' water lilies indoors?

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I did not know water lilies could survive freezing solid!
The water can freeze up but the lily tuber needs to be below the solid freeze. I did have one tuber freeze and it rotted in the spring.
 

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The water can freeze up but the lily tuber needs to be below the solid freeze. I did have one tuber freeze and it rotted in the spring.
Yeah, that's what I thought...thanks for clarifying :)
 

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