ok I have lurked on this and the previous group for 3 years and
finally have a question I haven't seen answered. First here are the
basics

8200US gal / 31200 L - Dug with EPGM Liner - Laguna 5000 Filter Falls
(1320 US gph/5000L) powered by Laguna PowerJet 7000 (2142US gph/
8100lph) - Fountain powered by Laguna PowerJet 2000 (977 US gph/3700
lph) with Laguna 2 stage filter - Frog Spitter powered by Laguna
PowerJet 2000 (977 US gph/3700 lph) with Laguna 2 stage filter - OASE
Biotec 4UV Filter Powered by unknown pump - ZONE 3 -Waterlilys, Iris,
Hornwort, Arrowhead, & Water Hyacinth - Snails, 2 Suckers & lots of
Goldfish - 2-6" in size, only seen 1 frog so far this year but usually
12 or more

I plead guilty to being a "lazy" gardener, if it takes too much fuss I
don't want it. That said I LOVE water lillies and have put several
into the pond and while they have always grown and flowered I have
never been happy with the amount of growth and now find that it is due
mainly to my ignorance of planting depth. Apparently I somehow
managed to miss the part about them being 12-18" below the water and
just "assumed' that since water lillies in the lake are at least 4'
below the water mine could be too...OOPPPSS. Now I need a way to
"suspend" my lilly pots so that they are no longer "drowning' in the
middle of the pond at 3.5'. I was thinking that since I plant them in
the perforated plastic baskets I could somehow "hang" them with rope
or ties from the rocks around the edge of the pond so that they were
18" down the pond wall but still accessible without climbing into the
pond. I do not want to have blocks in the pond proper as it is a pain
to access anything there and there are already a few set up for the
Iris so space is limited. Any other options you guys can come up
with? I am sorry that this is so long but I didn't want to miss some
necessary peice of information.

Elaine