This spring I picked up about 1/2 a dozen of those $4.88 water lilies at
Wal-Mart. They were guaranteed to live and looked healthy enough, although
small. Using the useless little pots they came in for smaller plants I put
the WM lilies in large roomy pots of heavy clay soil and added some
rose-bush spikes. They're doing beautifully. One is a small miniature less
than 2 ½' across with small orangey colored flowers that turn pink by the
3rd day. What a little beauty! :-) This little lily would be excellent
for whiskey barrel gardens.

The others are a pretty cupped white, a deep red and 2 reddish pinks types.
If you have a limited budget these are worth checking out next spring.
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Carol....
"Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic."
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"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
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