Growing water lilies in a pond brings beauty and serenity to a backyard.

CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. — Lily pads are a beautiful addition to the plant life in your pond or water feature. They not only look beautiful, but serve a very important purpose. Lily pads provide shade for ...

The international competition, started by Denver Botanic Gardens, included over 40 participants from nine countries. The giant Victoria water lilies are grown annually from seeds the size of a ...

Certain plants can grab a gardener and hold him or her captive for a lifetime. It's kind of the way the relationship between a Victoria water lily and scarab beetle works. Gardeners become enamored ...

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. Botanists have ...

Giant water lilies have floated atop the west ponds in the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens since the 1980s. In 2016, the garden set the world record for one of its lilies, known as the Victorian cruziana.

Victoria water lily leaves stretch up to eight feet wide, big enough to be seen from space. But how much can these thin leaves hold? Denver Botanic Gardens asked that with its water lily weigh-off, ...

Giant water lilies have floated atop the west ponds in the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens since the 1980s. In 2016, the garden set the world record for one of its lilies, known as the Victorian cruziana.