WATER LILIES FOR PONDS

Water lilies are the jewels of the water garden. They constantly produce fragrant blooms from June through September (often into October) and are available in a wide array of spectacular colours. Even the leaves of water lilies can be quite striking, some varieties have heavily mottled patterns, others are seemingly variegated, while some varieties have serrated edges. Even if you have a small pond there are many great small and dwarf varieties that will grow brilliantly in small spaces.

There are two basic types of water lilies, hardy and tropical. Hardy lilies will survive our cold Canadian winters in the pond as long as they are below the ice level. Tropical lilies on the other hand, generally need water temperatures constantly above 70ºF/ 21ºC. One remarkable characteristic of some tropical water lilies is they are night blooming, as the other lilies are closing up for the day, the night bloomers are just getting started.

   Pink Water Lilies

   Red Water Lilies

   Changeable Water Lilies

   Yellow Water Lilies

   White Water Lilies

   Peach Water Lilies

   Tropical Water Lilies