This is my second try at water lilies, Sally. Last summer I put several in the pond and they were quickly eaten. If this try isn't successful, I will give up on water lilies.
I am glad you have found someone living out some of your dreams. I've grown tropical plants pretty much all of my adult life and now, after 74 yr., I'm in a sub-tropical climate, and able to "really" grow them. I don't know whether you saw a post back in May, a post showing my 25+ yr. old fiddle leaf ficus. She's been grown in pots (the last 10+ yr. in the same pot) for that entire time and had to be cut back 1-2' twice a year to keep her small enough to move inside each fall. After sun-acclimation that took 3 mo., she's now in the ground. When she was planted in Oct., 2018, she was a bit over 6' tall. Now she's over 9' tall and is going to be a very special tree as she grows. She's got 11 "trunks". This is me and my fiddle in May, and I am 5'11".
