Miniature or Dwarf water Llilies are a favorite for small water gardeners because they bloom profusely and add a pretty accent to the edge or when placed in the middle of a shallow pond or small water garden feature. There are now several varieties of miniature water lilies available in aquatic plant centres. All will need full sunshine and can be grown in small ponds down to about a foot and a half i depth. Their pads and flowers are small, only about a third of the size of a normal water lily’s. This makes these water plants especially suited for container water gardens as well as fully sunken small garden ponds.

dwarf water lilies for small garden ponds

The centre is golden and the leaves or lily pads are quite large but don’t tend to overcrowd the small pond with a little maintenance.

The variety of water lily is essential to determine before planting, and this one is probably Nymphaea “Amabilis”

Water lily in small pond

I have had a lily root or tuber, whatever its correct name which I originally bought in a fish pond supplies section of the local mega-garden centre. It’s in a basket in my small pond, but the fiish have disturbed it badly, so I have pulled it out.

The problem is that the lily tuber is too long for the small basket in my garden pond.

It is also showing signs of shooting, so worth hangimg on to I would have thought.

The question is, can I just cut it in half and put half in each of 2 baskets say in
aquatic on even multi purpose compost with a stone to hold it in place

Its so many years since I first put it in I can’t remember what I did

too big for a small pond?

Answer:

Yeah, chop in half and replant any bits that have shoots. Dont use MP compost, a heavy soil is best, or buy some proper aquatic compost form the fish pond supplies shop or garden centre.