Mike Lyle wrote:
Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:

I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years

now.

They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since -
even though they have grown nice and big. What do you do to get

them

to flower?

The pond started to leak so I've taken everything out to see if I

can

re-seal it. It had a liner before, well bits of liner were still

left,

and I'm not sure if the bituminous sealer will be the ideal

solution.

Any suggestions as to what to look for in a pond liner? It is a

pretty

small pond around a metre square and thirty centimetres deep.


What species and variety are they? Your pond may not be deep enough
for them, as I think you need at least a foot above the rootstock
even for the smallest. I also wonder if there are too many -- you say
"water lilies", plural.

I have three in the pond of different species - I don't know the names.
There is plenty of space between them.

Thank you for that point though - I will have the pool quite a bit
deeper after mending the leak and that might do the trick, just.