I cut all the pad's off...

[bunny56lbc]

and they still keep a blooming & growing !
I cut the pad's off my waterlilies about 2 week's ago & now I have to do it again because we've had such good weather this year .
I guess I shouldn't complain & jst be happy that I have a few lilies blooming...

bonnie

[Ky Kim]

Your blooms sure are pretty.

We're planning on trimming ours this weekend.  My tropical lilies are already in the greenhouse, yeah if I would have known it would still be this warm I would have left them in the pond a few more weeks.

Mother nature sure has us mixed up.    

Kim

[miguynmkoi]

That's really tough Bonnie    My pads are like Kings in my pond...no touches those pads for fear I will take them down! 

Love that you are still getting blooms!

[marla]

Great pictures Bonnie, my pads are dwindeling down, went out today and cut off a bunch more, do have a few buds on the way up, but the pads are mainly the little pilot type that never surface.  Looks pretty empty, would love to throw a few fish in the lily pond, but it's not netted and the 2 wayward babies that got in most likely as eggs through the overflow from the main pond got taken by the *%# Devil Bird that also got all the goldfish in the little pond .  It really wants to get in the main pond but that's netted, has a scarecrow and multiple traps set to slow it down or scare it off.