"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message ...
Ok guys. I have a question about water lilies. I have about 15 of them and
the problem is those pond pots we use to plant them in.

I gave up on trying to keep my water lily contained in a pot. For the
past several years, it has insisted on hopping out of the pot, so I
just let it do what it wants. There is still some of it in the
original pot that it came in, but most of it has hopped over and has
rooted in the bottom of the pond. The roots don't seem to care that
they don't have any soil surrounding them. I use a 6' Rubbermaid
stock tank for a pond liner, with large river rock on the bottom. I
imagine that there is a network of water lily roots under the rocks.
I shove a few fertilizer tabs under the rocks where the lilies have
grown up to help them bloom. I have over 100 blooms every season.
Anyway, I've had this plant for about 10 years now, and when it starts
to get out of control, I just hack part of it off and give it to
friends who have ponds. People sometimes shudder when they hear about
how roughly I treat my lilies, but these plants are tough as hell, so
I don't worry about them. They are just beautiful year after year
with almost no special care.
Gary