"Janet" wrote in message
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Last summer, I planted a hardy white water lily in our new pond ,growing
in a basket, sitting in 2ft 6" of water. It flowered well and put up new
leaves. Then as it died back in autumn I fished out the rotting leaves.

The pond has had only shallow surface ice for one or two short periods in
midwinter. Due to pond murk I can't actually see as far as the basket but
there's no sign of new lily leaves approaching the surface yet. Shallower
pond plants are starting back into growth; goldfish are looking healthy
and lively.

Should the water lily be coming into leaf yet or am I being impatient?
Arran is a mild-winter climate, spring is sunny but chilly atm.


Janet.

Its all about water temperature, I was in Worcestershire yesterday and I
could see down to the crowns which were just sending up the first leaves,
here one of my ponds has a good spread of leaves and the first flower buds
while the other to the north of the house is more behind despite both having
divisions of the same Lilies


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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
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