Kurt wrote:

In article ,
Derek Broughton wrote:

drsolo wrote:

how deep are the lilies? they dont like it deep.

How deep would you consider deep? Five feet is not too deep for most
non-dwarf hardy lilies.

the lower they are the
more energy to get leaves and flowers to surface. also, blooms at the
warmer surface water, earlier and more. Ingrid

Not in my experience. I start all my lilies shallow, and sink them as
the leaves reach the surface. Once they have a few pads on the surface,
they don't have a problem getting enough energy to push more, and they
are able
to spread out. My deep lilies always produce more blooms than my shallow
ones.

How deep is deep?

LOL. I thought I'd said :-) That pond is 5' at the deep end, and that's
where the best lilies are.
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