How to prune crimson water lily

Throughout the blooming season (spring to autumn) as individual blooms and leaves decline. Follow each sunken spent bloom or yellowing leaf stalk back to the crown and cut cleanly at the base; remove all cuttings from the pond promptly.

As needed throughout the growing season. Nymphaea 'Laydekeri Fulgens' needs no structural pruning. When a bloom sinks below the waterline it has spent — trace it to the base of the plant and remove it, stem and all. Prune yellowing leaves the same way. This keeps energy directed into the prolific new blooms that characterise this cultivar across a long spring-to-autumn season.

Follow each sunken spent bloom or yellowing leaf stalk back to the crown and cut cleanly at the base; remove all cuttings from the pond promptly.