"Roy" wrote in message
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So my question is when would you plant aquatic plants like calla's.
iris, and water lillies........I have mainly hardy lillies but do have
a few tropical.

## I have good luck planting water plants all through the summer. Ours are
in large pots of clay soil topped with peagravel. Those in the big pond are
bird netted at the potline to keep the koi lips out of the soil.

Since this is actually the first year we have fooled with plants in
and around the pond (natural clay / sand bottom pond 1 + acre, will
the water lillies I have growing now loose their leaves or do they
usually keep them all year around in climates that are not so cold..

## In zone 6 (TN) my hardy lilies only keep a few leaves down near the crown
of the plant. They start to grow in April.

I was just given a large bag full of hornwart. There is no roots, and
was told it can just be weighted down and placed in the pond Will
hornwart take up and grow roots..

## This is a rootless FLOATER so don't weigh them down. Drop them in the
calmest part of your pond/lake.

.........can pieces be cut and simply
stuck in the ponds soil and be expected to grow ?

## They'll rot where you stick them into the soil.

Thanks for any info or insight
I can raise animals and veggies but flowers and stuff are not my
forte.

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