Right now my pond is very clear. I have 5 water lilly bulbs, assuming I do use the baskets how much area can I expect them to cover? I want about 20 feet of shorline to be covered. Is this possible if I leave them in the basket? In defense of planting them without baskets I do have a very steep dropoff that goes from about 4 feet to 15 in no time. Would I still have to worry about them growing all crazy? My pond is quite small in comparison to many of yours so I would be able to trim them and pull them up if they get out of hand I would think.

I'm still looking for thoughts on growing them inside as houseplants to start here. Any methods that would work good for ab out a month indoors? What about the water iris and pikeral weed?

Thanks gang!