~ jan JJsPond.us wrote in message . ..

Had a 24 count of open lily flowers in the pond yesterday, with 6 being the Virginia Whites.

That was another thing I was going to ask, what with your amazing multiple
blooms.... How are they planted, how often do you feed, how often do you
divide and how many rhizomes do you leave in a container when you do
divide? (Course I am keeping in mind that your are, if memory serves me, in
FL? which does hurt. ;o) ~ jan

Jan,
I only divide once in early spring. Lilies are planted in dish pans
with a mixture of 1/2 sand and 1/2 topsoil. When they were repotted
in spring 2 LARGE Lily fert tabs were added to each basket and only
one rhizome was left to grow per pot. I think not over crowding the
pots has something to do with the successful rate of flowers. Make
seperate pots with the remainder or give them away. Fertilizer tabs
should be added every 2-3 months until fall. If you only use the
regular size tabs I would add two every month. Yes, Florida sun does
help. I put handles of plastic covered heavy wire in an X across each
dishpan before planting so I can move them around and lift them out
for repotting. They are heavy but it does work.

Now if I just had some room for Lotus....

Can I grow a nice lotus in a 20 gallon barrel garden? If so Would it
need a pump or just plant it?

You can see my "Ripplin Waters" pond at

http://community.webshots.com/user/aspenjd

Sue W
Brooksville, FL