Last of the Summer blooms

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Author Message   Adavisus  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 08:55 pm EST :    A couple of 16°f overnight temperatures finally put an end to the waterlily blooms. To the last, Tina, Queen of Siam and Islamorada seemed determined to keep going to the very last... Oh well, until next Summer... regards, andy Adavisus - North carolina, Zone "7b"   Gardenfiend  My Weather Posted on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 12:43 pm EST :    What a beautiful waterlily! Is it actually hardy for you? If so, I am very jealous All the blue ones are out of bounds for me. Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Adavisus  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 06:10 pm EST :    Hi Fiend, Islamorada has survived outdoors in protected, and unprotected positions the last two Winters. I dare say I'll lose some if there is a solid week of sub zero weather one bad Winter, keeping a stash indoors is a must Just to be on the safe side I bring spare tubers and viviparous plants indoors, the vip's seem to cope fine in just a bowl of water under strip lights, the tubers keep real easy on a shelf in a baggy Tropical waterlilies can definitely be picky, fickle plants, some struggle in the heat of Summer worse than the hardies :::tsk:::tsk::: I tend to collect the robust ones that don't sprawl too big... Though there is always the challenge to try some of the really, really fickle ones now and then... Regards, andy Adavisus - North carolina, Zone "7b"   Gardenfiend  My Weather Posted on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 07:01 pm EST :    Hi Andy - and welcome to GardenBuddies! It's good to see some activity in the pond forum! Islamorada certainly looks happy in your pond. Tina is a beauty as well! How deep is your pond? How warm/cool do you store the tubers? And how moist? Sorry for the inquisition... I've admired similar waterlilies in the botanical garden, and the idea of actually growing one is pretty tempting. Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Adavisus  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 07:45 pm EST :    Oh, we might pass the dark nights mulling about Summers yet to aspire to Tina has quite a beguiling scent, something you can't cut and paste, try... a squeeze of lemons and peach :) >>How deep is your pond? Which one, lol. I have a surplus of orrid, orrid grass to dig up and replace with a far more sensible form of gardening, make more ponds. Depths vary according to the purpose of the pond, up to four feet deep (for loafing in a dinghy) The tubers keep real easy at room temperature, in slightly moist to near dry peat. As long as there is a moisture content. It seems tubers can die if they dry out. Have yet to try that, though.... Tropical waterlilies are very, very easy to store or grow, semi dormant indoors overwinter, if you know what to expect, you can get 100% survival. One of the riddles of the tropical waterlily is getting tubers to form... Queen of Siam will grow and flower prolific all Summer in a position it likes and usually set no tubers. (insert your own expletives) Grown semi dormant through Winter under lights at steady room temps, it sets half a dozen tubers... By chance, do you need more temptation? While I have yet to get among the sillier fancy schmancy fickle varieties, there are a few gems on file... Regards, andy Adavisus - North carolina, Zone "7b"   Markvs  Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 12:36 am EST :    beautiful, I wish I could still grow them.I used to in our last garden, but it is too cold windy here for them, boo hoo Markvs - Waiuku, Zone "9 down to -5 C"   Adavisus  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 07:04 pm EST :    Hi Mark, I wonder where Waiuku is? tropical waterlilies cope well with a temp range of 70°f to 95°f through Summer, if that is any guide... Some cope with cooler Summers a lot better than others. Then, there are always the hardy waterlilies... Adavisus - North carolina, Zone "7b"   Markvs  Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 09:06 pm EST :    As I said, we had them in our old garden, but here they did not prosper, and we ended up losing the ones we tried. Since then, the neighbor's have put in fencing ( we used to suffer continually from westerly winds carrying salt spray from the coast 8km away) I have not yet got a suitable size pond, nor have I tried them again. Markvs - Waiuku, Zone "9 down to -5 C"   Plantynut  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 05:33 am EST :    Your water lilies are stunning Andy. And welcome to GB. Plantynut - New York, Zone "7"   Gardenfiend  My Weather Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 07:35 am EST :    Here's my favourite, Hollandica... Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"   Adavisus  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 09:59 pm EST :    ahah! Hollandia, yups, a very reliable medium to large waterlily, rather generous blooms. I managed to bonsai that to be a three foot wide plant on a hot sunny pond (high nineties). I didn't know it could do that... Tinkering with waterlilies on hot sunny ponds revealed quite a few tropical waterlilies are less heat tolerant than hardies, Miami Rose was among the first of the tropical waterlily to respond well to part shade, after seeing it struggle month after month on hot ponds in previous Summer heat It turned out to be quite a sight Regards, andy Adavisus - North carolina, Zone "7b"   Adavisus  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 10:06 pm EST :    ahah! Hollandia, yups, a very reliable medium to large waterlily, rather generous blooms. I managed to bonsai that to be a three foot wide plant on a hot sunny pond (high nineties). I didn't know it could do that... Tinkering with waterlilies on hot sunny ponds revealed quite a few tropical waterlilies are less heat tolerant than hardies, Miami Rose was among the first of the tropical waterlily to respond well to part shade, after seeing it struggle month after month on hot ponds in previous Summer heat It turned out to be quite a sight Regards, andy Adavisus - North carolina, Zone "7b"   Adavisus  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 10:12 pm EST :    ahah! Hollandia, yups, a very reliable medium to large waterlily, rather generous blooms. I managed to bonsai that to be a three foot wide plant on a hot sunny pond (high nineties). I didn't know it could do that... Tinkering with waterlilies on hot sunny ponds revealed quite a few tropical waterlilies are less heat tolerant than hardies, Miami Rose was among the first of the tropical waterlily to respond well to part shade, after seeing it struggle month after month on hot ponds in previous Summer heat It turned out to be quite a sight Regards, andy Adavisus - North carolina, Zone "7b"

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