Tiny miniature waterlilies are ready potted in 1 litre baskets. A larger pond waterlily is ready rooted in a 3 litre basket. 

Waterlilies are rooted in aquatic compost and able to be placed immediately into your pond to the specified depth or the miniature waterlilies can be placed into a patio container pond.

If the waterlily already has leaf growth that has reached the surface of our pond in the Nursery you should place it at a similar depth in your pond by standing the basket on another basket filled with gravel. Submerging the top surface of the waterlily leaf below water level by more than a couple of inches at once will result in the leaf rotting away. The waterlily can then be gradually lowered but do not rush to take the plant all the way to its specified depth in the first year. The waterlily will see more sunshine if it is not too deep and that will enable the rhizome of the plant to grow stronger.

Waterlilies provide much needed shade to the deeper water areas keeping the pond temperature low and algae growth low whilst providing colourful waterlily flowers on the pond surface. Each waterlily bloom will last for a few days and should be removed if possible before it rots down to the bottom of the pond. The aim should be to cover 70% of the water surface area with plant leaf growth. If your pond is newly planted this will be hard to achieve with waterlilies alone so boost the plant cover by using annual surface cover plants in the short term.

Waterlilies should be positioned in sunshine but away from constantly splashing water such as a fountain or waterfall.