Victoria boliviana is the world’s biggest known water lily species, with leaves growing to nearly 10 feet wide in the wild, according to a news release from the gardens in Kew, west London.

To prevent drowning your peace lily, use a chunky potting mix that is fast draining. Be sure your container has a drainage hole in the bottom to allows excess water to run out. But most importantly, ...

Waterlily Court, the outdoor water garden display at Longwood Gardens, reopens Friday, May 9, after being closed for three years for renovations. It returns with new plants and infrastructure ...

Inspired Life Missouri water lily holds 142 pounds of sandbags, wins worldwide contest “They really look like they’re from an alien planet,” said Greta Berg, a horticulturist at the Missouri ...

MoBOT credits its super-strong lily pads mainly to Missouri's climate, 2024's long and hot summer and the garden's heated water lily pool.

It took seven years to grow, and the bloom lasted only a few days. For botanist Edward Read, it was worth it. Cultivating a massive Amazonian water lily in a modest concrete basin has been his ...

In parts of the South, there's a unique flower that grows in the middle of moving water. The Cahaba lily, also known as the shoals spider-lily, typically blooms for just a few weeks in late spring.