I bought a hardy lily several years ago and have divided it several times.
My experience has been that they don't even care if they have a pot to grow
in. Mine covers the whole pond (6 ft diameter round pond about 2 ft deep)
every summer and I keep hacking pieces of the plant off and giving them to
friends. It blooms well all summer with a couple of fertilizer tabs in the
main pot every month or so. I get over 100 blooms over the summer from a
single plant. I never thought water lilies would be so tough!
Gary
"Carl Beyer" wrote in message
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Sorry, this is kind of lilly 101 question...

I bought one for my 400 gallon pond. It sits center in a 4" square
basket, wired to a cinder block (about 1" below surface).

It is in the basket from the garden store; I have not transplanted it.

It seems to be growing lots of shoots, but it does get some turbulance
from the waterfall.

My questions are this. Should I lower it (the stalks are around 8" to
the leaves). Should I get another (I thought one would be more than
enough?) Should I transplant it (the store said no, container size did
not matter).

Anything else I am forgetting? I do have a couple of Koi...

Carl

You can see the setup at

www.cobaltbluefilms.com/koi.html

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