Botanists have discovered a new giant water lily with lily pads that can grow to nearly 10 feet wide. Researchers previously thought there were only two species of giant water lilies.

When lily pads grow, you can re-pot them and put them in other areas of your water garden. Paul Epsom demonstrates how to properly re-plant a lily pad to add more shaded areas to your pond. Close Ad ...

The Victoria water lily, Victoria amazonica, is such a plant ... a young woman of about 120 pounds smiles sweetly at the camera from her comfortable perch in the center of a water lily pad 6 feet ...

The flowers and leaves – the lily pads – grow from a root-like underground stem, or rhizome, in the muddy bottom. In the fall, the flowers and leaves die back but the rhizome survives the winter.

We find ourselves in the middle of “deep summer.” Air conditioners are running at full tilt and many outdoor activities are ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — The annual Lotus & Water Lily Festival has kicked off at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, but visitors got ...

A peaceful boat ride in Maine leads to stunning photos and surprising insights into the beauty, biology and quiet magic of ...

A thief has made off with the tiny water lily Nymphaea thermarum – one of the rarest plants in the world – from the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew in London.