Look how pitiful these tropical waterlilies are on a hot sunny exposed pond, early in July
Gigantea and Miami Rose, various tropicals would turn to mush, Queen of Siam would go on to leaf up and flower quite well
The floating bits are leaves, disintegrating
On ponds with dappled, part shade for half the day, the same plants that failed in the sun grew quite well, two giganteas in almost full shade grew to bloom by August. as did Miami Rose
The failing plants in this pond would lose a months growth, if they did not actually die
The only difference was the excessive heat and sun
By contrast, the hardies have been doing a lot lot better for three months... these Attraction would have singed buds, at the same time as the many of the tropicals were completely failing in hot sun positions
Regards, andy
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