Lotus on Maui

Lotus have to grow LOTS of roots before the grow vegetation. That's why we have found it very important to plant the lotus tubers directly in dirt at the bottom of the container and never in a standard pot. All the times we've planted the tubers in pots, they grow for about 1 month and then become pot-bound and DIE.

While your lotus are growing, you may see some brown leaves. That does NOT mean it is dying. Just let those leaves go and soon the roots will be pushing up new foliage.

Maui Water Lily Gardeners

Things are really growing at full-speed now here at the Fish Shack! The water lilies, the lotus and yes, of course... the algae. Thsi is when all "water gardeners" actually get to garden! Just like weeding, the timely removal of detritus from your pond helps keep the hair/string algae away. Also, a nice acidifier (correctly used) can be a summer-time friend.

Immutabilis - Australian Water Lily - Albert de Lestang

We just re-potted our big "Albert de Lestang" Immutabilis (the Australian waterlily). It got super huge and then started to get pot-bound, so we repotted it. It's bouncing back nicely! We hope to put this out at one of the resort ponds we're going to be taking care of starting in July.