On 12 Aug 2004 11:38:46 -0700, (Chester Deja)
wrote:

(Roy) wrote in message ...
=== Was at Wally world tonight and spotted blister packs of various
=== aquatic plants in the pets department. They are packed so many ber
===
===Here is my experience/advise:
===
===That is where we got our lilies last year. We have a new pond and in
===mid to late June of last year the Walmarts around here had a (early)
===clearence on their pond plant-in-a-box display. They were all in a
===display and had boxes of lillies and assorted other plants like
===pickeral and iris. I sorted through them, opening them up to try to
===pick the ones that were growing and bought all I could at dirt cheap
===prices. Some did not grow but for the money I make a killing and most
===of the pond lilly did grow and came up again this year. Pretty good
===to pay $4 for a lilly that would run you over $10.
===
===I went looking for them this year and did not see any. :-( Last year
===they were sitting inside in the garden area. I also saw them at Lowes
===later in the year but Lowes tends to milk it for all it is worth
===before they put their items on sale.
===
===Make sure you take them out and see if they are growing. Other than
===that it was one of my best pond plant purchases.


The plants I mentioned in the original post at Wal MArts pet
department are just simple bulbs, no dirt, packed in a blister card,
with all contents easily seen, and are found hanging on a hook in the
aquarium accessory section.
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