Attached are a few photos of the lilies in my new tiny water garden. Excuse the poor photography . . . they are from my cellphone.
Photo 1: 75% of the pads you see are the three lilies I ordered from Kat (Blue Star, Rhonda Kay, & Wood's Blue Goddess).
Photo 2: A photo of the flower bud on the 3rd day after planting in the pond. It rose about 6 inches in 24 hours. Kudzu has nothing on water lilies.
I think it's the Blue Star. Too bad it will be gone by the time I get back to Florida.
Photo 3: View of the pond from the LOWER porch. Still working on the stone. Have to do a bit of cutting on the back pieces, have to fill in at the edge of the porch, and plant dwarf mondo in the joints. Oh, and the hairy fish in the foreground is Maggie.
Photo 4: View of the pond from the UPPER porch. Dug the pond 7 weeks ago (a preformed 6 foot hard plastic pool). Planted most of what you see within 30 feet of the pond at the same time. It's amazing how fast things grow in the swamp (soft sand/soupy mucky black soil, hot, humid, and the sprinkler system running 1.5 hours a day. Ha. Ha).