Lotus

I had a serious problem with frost damage on tender varieties left in shallow water on my Lotus earlier this year. Caught it late and had to work hard to bring the plant back. The experience was frustrating but educational. Now that it's healthy again I can fully appreciate natural filtration impro…

I brought Lotus home six months ago with high hopes and almost no knowledge. The first challenge was understanding removing dying foliage in autumn before it rots and reduces water quality — something I hadn't expected to matter so much. Once I got that right, the whole thing settled down. I grow i…

I'd had Lotus for about eight months with acceptable but unremarkable results. Then I started really paying attention to dividing overcrowded plants every two or three years in spring and the difference over the next two months was dramatic. extraordinary flower forms rising above or floating on th…

I planted Lotus at entirely the wrong point in the growing calendar and spent the first few months wondering what I'd done wrong. blanketweed algae competing for nutrients in established ponds didn't help matters. Once I understood planting in aquatic baskets with specialist pond compost things impr…

Lotus is clearly a great plant — I can see that from other people's results. Mine has been decent but not spectacular, and I think I know why. I underestimated the importance of removing dying foliage in autumn before it rots and reduces water quality in the early stages and paid for it. frost dama…