Muffin,

There are several varieties of "Victoria" lilies. Do a search on the
internet for "Victoria lily"; there are several very good sites out there
about these plants. They can tell you all you need to know or need to know.
I like one of the guys sites where he is standing on one of the lily pads in
his pond. One plants needs a lot of surface area to grow.

Tom L.L.
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"*muffin*" wrote in message
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any suggestions on these plants?
what would be the minimum size surface area for this to grow nicely,
without
crowding everything else?

I wanted to just drop a burlap ball of dirt etc & plant to bottom of an
outside pond..... maybe 3 feet+deep.. & let it settle in there, as the
pond
is about 40'by40',,, but was told it had to be at a depth of only 18
inches,,,,,,,,,, same as lotus???

( also was told by the 'store' they only needed a 15" container....... I
would have thought al least a LARGE bushel/tub)

opinions? hints?