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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
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Post by aeshna5 on Aug 28, 2021 12:11:15 GMT
It should be fully hardy as it grows in the wild here.
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exo
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Post by exo on Aug 28, 2021 16:02:45 GMT
Good 'ol fringe lilly For me, usually it's more a case of removing as much as possible from the pond each year, so it doesn't completely take over the next year. Although I might have overdone it last year, & I agree it seems somewhat subdued this year, but still some flowers, on & off for the last few months Definately doesn't need special overwintering care - it'll be back... Gotta say, your leaves seem particularly small & 'young', as if it was just getting going, perhaps it's just going to flower late as well ? Or maybe mine are 'over-growing' since they're in a fish pond, with probably a lot more nutrients like nitrogen from the fish food ?
This is what it was like a few years ago in my pond
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Post by rowanberry on Aug 29, 2021 18:06:31 GMT
This is the one I had that did flower- and this photo was taken in 2016! 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. I think our pond is just too shady for it to get much of a start in spring, especially if it happens to be a season when there's not a lot of sun, (this August there's been hardly any.) I might try keeping a sprig of it in a tank, just as an experiment. It's a bit discouraging having to buy new plants every year and I do like it. Your garden is lovely, Exo! Fringed Water Lilly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
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