Advice - Bennetts Waterlily Plants

How deep is the water?

When choosing the right your waterlily for your pond one of the most important factors to consider is how deep the water is where you plan to put the plant. Make sure you don’t select a waterlily too large for the location as it will quickly end up looking overgrown with leaves pushing up out of the water.

Small pond or water feature (20-50cm deep)
In this situation you will typically be planting into shallow water which means you will be looking at a small waterlily or even a miniature waterlily. These types of waterlily will not get too large in leaf or flower size but will also not cover too large a surface area (approx. 60cm²) once established).
Medium pond (30-75cm deep)
With more space to fill and a greater depth of water you will be looking for a medium waterlily. These waterlilies have larger leaves and flowers and will also cover more surface area (approx. 90cm² once established).
Large pond or lake (45-90cm+ deep)
In this situation you will typically be planting into shallow water which means you will be looking at large waterlilies. These types of waterlilies do not get too large in leaf or flower size but will also not cover too large a surface area. These waterlilies have the largest leaves and flowers and will cover a greater surface area (approx. 120cm² once established).

Once you have chosen a waterlily make sure you read our step-by-step planting instructions on how to plant a waterlily.

Thanks to some good weather this spring many of the plants we are lifting from the ponds are already forming flower buds.

We do not “force” our waterlilies in greenhouses or polytunnels so they are fully hardy and ready to be planted out straight away.

It is recommended to plant water lilies in a fine mesh planting basket, for more information on this see our How to take care of water plants page. They should start growing about two weeks after being planted and then flowers should appear after a couple more weeks.