Winterizing Your Water Garden: Putting the Pond to Bed for the Season

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Faded Water Lilies

If you have a water garden, your hardy water lilies have probably faded and are trying to get your attention.

That's their way of saying it's time to put on waders and put the garden to bed for winter. Here are steps to help your water garden wake up refreshed next spring.

Pull pots up from pedestals, bring to surface, snip off all gunky foliage.

You may see half-inch green leaves emerging—leave those alone. That's next year's growth. Clean out remaining organic material (leaves!) submerged or otherwise. Then set pots down to pond bottom for winter slumber.

Learn how to keep your pond fish healthy in every season. Learn more about water lilies.