Here's a post I had saved where lotus is mentioned:


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andrew davis
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posted December 08, 2003 11:26 PM

Hi Backabit

The 'invasive' lily types to avoid are the nuphars, native lotus (which have tunneling rhisomes) and native lilies which drop a lot of fertile seed, eg odoratas or alba's

Any medium to large variety of hybrid waterlily can do well on a large natural pond planted at 2' to 3' deep (easy to paddle depth) these tend to grow at a steady rate, maybe two feet a year and are quite easy to 'thin out' when waters are warm for a paddle. Hybrid varieties rarely drop viable seed....

There's a photo in the web shots gallery folder 'Pond life' indicating a hybrid varieties growing habit:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/99477855/97297215IttXdj



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