Post by rowanberry on Aug 27, 2021 18:20:04 GMT
I really thought I'd lost the fringed waterlily over the winter- it took it ages to get established again this spring. (This is from a plant I bought online two years ago) but now it's doing extremely well.
Last year it did actually flower, but hasn't this summer- I think there's not been enough sun for it, and the pond is already in partial shade so I don't think it's going to now
My question is... what would be the best way to over-winter it? I've thought about getting a small plastic fishtank and bringing some of it indoors and keeping it in the unheated box/storage room... or maybe even in the summer house, although it would get hardly any light there.
It seems a shame to lose a good healthy plant because of a harsh winter- the hornwort of course drops down to the bottom and takes care of itself, and the watercress I buy in bags from Sainsburys come spring... it takes off like a weed given half a chance!
Fringed Waterlily Aug 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
Last year it did actually flower, but hasn't this summer- I think there's not been enough sun for it, and the pond is already in partial shade so I don't think it's going to now
My question is... what would be the best way to over-winter it? I've thought about getting a small plastic fishtank and bringing some of it indoors and keeping it in the unheated box/storage room... or maybe even in the summer house, although it would get hardly any light there.
It seems a shame to lose a good healthy plant because of a harsh winter- the hornwort of course drops down to the bottom and takes care of itself, and the watercress I buy in bags from Sainsburys come spring... it takes off like a weed given half a chance!
Fringed Waterlily Aug 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
This one died, and it seems like every year I buy one- it's starts growing and then comes a few hard frosts and it dies. 