I've read how waterlilies dislike flowing water. Can I install a small
water fountain in a tub with a Chromatella? another one with a James
Brydon. Or does it have to be absolutely still? thanks

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I've read how waterlilies dislike flowing water. Can I install a small
water fountain in a tub with a Chromatella? another one with a James
Brydon. Or does it have to be absolutely still? thanks

For the purposes of water lilies, treat any garden pond as "still". You
can't get enough _flow_ of water through the pond to bother them. The
fountain, though, is a bit different. They'll be fine if the water
fountain isn't actually spraying the lily, but you'll not get many blooms
if the lily is continuously being rained on.
--
derek

Flowing water pulls on the leaves. They like to be still enough not
to be pulled by current. A fountain sprikling the leaves would
probably not be very helpful to them. If not landing on them, I don't
think they would be affected. Othere may have educated
opinions...mine is anecdotal.

Jim

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:56:49 EDT, wrote:

I've read how waterlilies dislike flowing water. Can I install a small
water fountain in a tub with a Chromatella? another one with a James
Brydon. Or does it have to be absolutely still? thanks

The more the top of the water is disturbed, the more the pads try to
float away. I have a yellow lily in a 200 gallon tank with a 1050gph
flow and a red in a 275 gallon tank with a 1050gph flow, they are
pushed somewhat by the flow, but grow well.
--
Hal Middle Georgia, Zone 8
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Phyllis and Jim wrote:

Flowing water pulls on the leaves. They like to be still enough not
to be pulled by current.

I had very vigourous lilies at the very base of a waterfall. You can't keep
them in a stream, but a typical stream flows at a far faster rate than the
5000gph that is about the most you'll ever seen in a pond.
--
derek

Modifying my own remark, we do have a lily in a splashing pond area.
It is in the u-shaped falls and does not flower as much as the
others. Otherwise, it does not seem to mind the sprinkles. It has a
mild flow around it as well...does not care.

Jim

Waterlilies cope fine with a bit of splashing, flowing water.

Where they get into difficulty is when the foliage builds up some coverage, the constant splashing weakens the waxy waterproof coating off the top of the lilypad, the normal ageing process of the lilypad is accelerated, the superficial erosion allows the 'usual' decay by fungus which normally munch on the older lilypads to speed up

The creates a fertile brew for the more aggressive fungus such as Ramularia to establish, which can progress to damaging new foliage

Planting under the drip line of trees, fountains, very cool wet Summers, excessive lilypad coverage can get waterlilies sulking with fungus that cause superficial damage to lilypad foliage

The 'usual' fungus of decay won't kill the plant but can make a nasty looking mess of plants struggling to grow in adverse conditions

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