Lovely water lilies grow from tubers, or rhizomes, in freshwater ponds or pots filled with aquatic potting mix and submerged in half-barrels, stock tanks or tubs. Lily pads, which are their leaves, float on the surface. These members of the Nymphaeaceae family come from temperate and tropical regions, where fish and other wildlife use them for food, but there are lots of ornamental types
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