Aquatic plant clearance at Lowes

They have miniature water lillys that regularly sold for $1195 listed
at $4.50. Regular sized lillies listed at 9.95 now 3.50 and the
horsetail and other assorted marginals are 2.10. These are the ones
that come prepackaged in a plastic container with a plant basket etc
inside the plastic container (basically the bubs) not a bad deal if
your local Lowes has them in stock yet and have them discounted)
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CHECK THEM OUT CLOSELY. Many of them are *"! DEAD !"*
Look at the crowns sticking out of the pot. Bend slightly If it is brown
and brittle it is most likely DEAD. I go through them and look for stems
that show some signs of green or are brown, but firm, not squishy or
brittle. I went through the ones at my local HD and found that 90% of
them were dead.

I bought some mini cattails that never sprouted.
I yous lowes or HD is like all the ones around me they only waterered
them 6-8 weeks after they were 1st put on display. God forbid they get
the box wet and water spotted. I'd rather buy a growing plant in a
water-spotted, faded, falling apart cardboard box than a dead one in a
pristine box. After all aren't we purchasing them for the purpose of
growing them?

Last I checked my name wasn't Gomez Addams! And *Not* married to the
Queen of the Rose Thorns"


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Roy wrote:

They have miniature water lillys that regularly sold for $1195 listed
at $4.50. Regular sized lillies listed at 9.95 now 3.50 and the
horsetail and other assorted marginals are 2.10. These are the ones
that come prepackaged in a plastic container with a plant basket etc
inside the plastic container (basically the bubs) not a bad deal if
your local Lowes has them in stock yet and have them discounted)
Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com
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"Roy" wrote in message
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They have miniature water lillys that regularly sold for $1195 listed
at $4.50. Regular sized lillies listed at 9.95 now 3.50 and the
horsetail and other assorted marginals are 2.10. These are the ones
that come prepackaged in a plastic container with a plant basket etc
inside the plastic container (basically the bubs) not a bad deal if
your local Lowes has them in stock yet and have them discounted)
Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com
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I bought some marked down pond plants there 2 weeks ago. They were marked
down to $1.37. The water lilies were all dead in their packages so I
bypassed them. They also had great deals on tropical house plants.

Wal-Mart has great WL in the spring for $4.88. Check them out next year.
--
Carol....
"A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend
will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!" Let's do
it again."
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When I buy a citrus tree, I shop for the exact species, the same for
gardenias, azaleas and the same goes for lilies for me.

$4.50 is real cheap, but if you get 8 flowers all season, thats a high
cost per flower. I can luckily grow Tropicals where I live, and I will
get maybe 10x+ the flowers that a hardy will produce... if flowers are
your goal... a little more $$ upfront may be well worth the investment.

jay
Sun Aug 08, 2004






In article , ~ Windsong ~
wrote:

"Roy" wrote in message
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They have miniature water lillys that regularly sold for $1195 listed
at $4.50. Regular sized lillies listed at 9.95 now 3.50 and the
horsetail and other assorted marginals are 2.10. These are the ones
that come prepackaged in a plastic container with a plant basket etc
inside the plastic container (basically the bubs) not a bad deal if
your local Lowes has them in stock yet and have them discounted)
Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com
Opinions expressed are those of my wife,
I had no input whatsoever.
Remove "nospam" from email addy.
================================
I bought some marked down pond plants there 2 weeks ago. They were marked
down to $1.37. The water lilies were all dead in their packages so I
bypassed them. They also had great deals on tropical house plants.

Wal-Mart has great WL in the spring for $4.88. Check them out next year.

"Go Fig" wrote in message
...

When I buy a citrus tree, I shop for the exact species, the same for
gardenias, azaleas and the same goes for lilies for me.

$4.50 is real cheap, but if you get 8 flowers all season, thats a high
cost per flower.

$$ If I got only 8 flowers per season I would blame myself - not the lily.
They bloom like crazy if they're in the sun and fertilized regularly. I
use Rose Spikes problem into thirds and a clay soil under 2" of pea gravel.
The little mini from Wally-World has no less than 2 flowers all the time.
Sometimes it has 3 open blooms at the same time for example. The red lily
has been blooming since mid June. It usually has one or two flowers, skips
a few days and has several more.....

I can luckily grow Tropicals where I live, and I will
get maybe 10x+ the flowers that a hardy will produce... if flowers are
your goal... a little more $$ upfront may be well worth the investment.

$$ Your climate may be too HOT for hardy lilies. Some people, including
myself, have no interest in tropicals that need constant replacement. My
hardies last for years if divided every year. I still have the original
yellows (they all had names which I have long since forgotten) which blooms
from mid spring to frost. :-)
--
Carol....
"A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend
will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!" Let's do
it again."
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In article , ~ Windsong ~
wrote:

"Go Fig" wrote in message
...

When I buy a citrus tree, I shop for the exact species, the same for
gardenias, azaleas and the same goes for lilies for me.

$4.50 is real cheap, but if you get 8 flowers all season, thats a high
cost per flower.

$$ If I got only 8 flowers per season I would blame myself - not the lily.
They bloom like crazy if they're in the sun and fertilized regularly.

Which lily ?

I
use Rose Spikes problem into thirds and a clay soil under 2" of pea gravel.
The little mini from Wally-World has no less than 2 flowers all the time.
Sometimes it has 3 open blooms at the same time for example. The red lily
has been blooming since mid June. It usually has one or two flowers, skips
a few days and has several more.....

I can luckily grow Tropicals where I live, and I will
get maybe 10x+ the flowers that a hardy will produce... if flowers are
your goal... a little more $$ upfront may be well worth the investment.

$$ Your climate may be too HOT for hardy lilies. Some people, including
myself, have no interest in tropicals that need constant replacement.

Why would Tropicals need to be replaced constantly ?

I can grow hardy lilies with no problem.


My
hardies last for years if divided every year.

And if you don't spend this time, you will get little to no flowers.
Many even grow out of their pots during the growing season, and once
that happens... bloom production falls off fast.



I still have the original
yellows (they all had names which I have long since forgotten) which blooms
from mid spring to frost. :-)

I doubt there is a profession reference that would conclude hardy
lilies are better bloomers than tropicals, in fact, they all say just
the opposite.

jay
Mon Aug 09, 2004

"Go Fig" wrote in message
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In article , ~ Windsong ~
wrote:

"Go Fig" wrote in message
...

When I buy a citrus tree, I shop for the exact species, the same for
gardenias, azaleas and the same goes for lilies for me.

$4.50 is real cheap, but if you get 8 flowers all season, thats a high
cost per flower.

$$ If I got only 8 flowers per season I would blame myself - not the
lily.
They bloom like crazy if they're in the sun and fertilized regularly.

Which lily ?

## What do you mean which lily? They all bloom all summer, as long as
they're in a very sunny place.

$$ Your climate may be too HOT for hardy lilies. Some people,
including
myself, have no interest in tropicals that need constant replacement.

Why would Tropicals need to be replaced constantly ?

## Because in zone 6 they DIE! Not everyone lives in a tropical or
semi-tropical area.

I can grow hardy lilies with no problem.

## But you claim they don't bloom for you.

My
hardies last for years if divided every year.

And if you don't spend this time, you will get little to no flowers.

## That depends on the lily. Some need repotting every 2 years.

Many even grow out of their pots during the growing season, and once
that happens... bloom production falls off fast.

## I only had this happen with the large yellow lilies. Most need
repotting once a year - in spring.

I still have the original
yellows (they all had names which I have long since forgotten) which
blooms
from mid spring to frost. :-)

I doubt there is a profession reference that would conclude hardy
lilies are better bloomers than tropicals, in fact, they all say just
the opposite.

## I didn't say hardies are BETTER bloomers than tropical. I said many
people don't want the expense of replacing tropicals every spring. I know I
don't, and they don't survive here in TN over the winter.
--
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"Two can live as cheaply as one, for half as long."
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In article , Go Fig writes:

$4.50 is real cheap, but if you get 8 flowers all season, thats a high
cost per flower.

I bot one of those $4.50 lillies and it has been putting up flower after flower
from about the 3rd week I put it in the pond.

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH
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In article , Karen
wrote:

In article , Go Fig writes:

$4.50 is real cheap, but if you get 8 flowers all season, thats a high
cost per flower.

I bot one of those $4.50 lillies and it has been putting up flower after
flower
from about the 3rd week I put it in the pond.

Don't you think that is kinda rare for a hardy lily in its first year ?

jay
Mon Aug 09, 2004




Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH
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"Go Fig" wrote in message
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In article , Karen
wrote:

In article , Go Fig
writes:

$4.50 is real cheap, but if you get 8 flowers all season, thats a high
cost per flower.

I bot one of those $4.50 lillies and it has been putting up flower after
flower
from about the 3rd week I put it in the pond.

Don't you think that is kinda rare for a hardy lily in its first year ?

jay
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That depends on the SIZE of the cutting in the package. These were a nice
size! :-) *Small* cutting/separations I make myself usually do not bloom
well, or only have a few blooms in late summer their first year. Some have
surprised us and bloomed well after a few weeks of independent life in the
pond. Even small cutting of this Yellow variety bloom well their first
year.
--
Carol....
"Two can live as cheaply as one, for half as long."
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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