Wedding Dress XL Hardy Water Lily

Wedding Dress Hardy Water Lily — Pure-White, Full-Petaled Showpiece

The Wedding Dress Hardy Water Lily is a large, classic hardy water lily with luxurious, full-petaled pure-white blooms (≈5–7") over rich green pads. This dependable perennial pond plant flowers from late spring into fall and reads beautifully from across the water garden. If you want a bright, formal centerpiece that’s easy to grow and heavily blooming, Wedding Dress is a top choice for medium and large ponds or wide containers.

Why Customers Love It

• Grand, layered white flowers with a soft, sweet fragrance

• Steady bloomer in full sun with simple tablet feeding

• Vigorous large-rhizome habit for wide, shallow pots or earth-bottom shelves

• Hardy & reliable—returns every year with minimal fuss

Plant Requirements (quick reference)

• Sun: Full sun, 6+ hours of strong midday light

• Container: 15–20"+ wide, shallow aquatic container (fabric pots preferred)

• Depth (soil surface → water surface): 6–24" (best bloom at 8–16")

• Spread: ~4–6 ft at maturity

• Soil: Heavy loam topsoil only (no bagged mix, peat, or gravel)

Care & Fertilizing (simple schedule)

• Fertilizer tablets: 4–5 tablets on the 1st & 15th of each month (May–September)

• Application: Push tablets 3–4" into the soil around (not on) the crown

• Maintenance: Trim spent blooms/yellow leaves; divide every 1–2 years to maintain peak flowering

Water Lily Planting Tips

• Plant shallower (8–12") to warm the crown and jump-start buds

• Keep surface water open—remove floaters so pads get direct sun

• Never cover the crown with stones or gravel; leave it slightly exposed

• Choose wide, shallow containers to encourage rhizome run and more flowers

Do’s & Don’ts

Do

• Plant in full sun and heavy loam

• Fertilize twice monthly on schedule for continuous blooms

• Repot immediately on arrival; keep all parts wet while planting

Don’t

• ❌ Don’t use compost/peat mixes, “aquatic media,” or gravel (they float, rot, or smother crowns)

• ❌ Don’t let floating plants shade pads—light drives flowering

• ❌ Don’t plant too deep (>24") if you want frequent flowers

Helpful Links 

• Full Planting Instructions →

• Waterlily World® Fertilizer Tablets →

• PondGro™ Aquatic Loam Soil →

• Aquatic Containers →

• PondGro™ Fabric Pots →

Shipped as: a live young adult plant (rhizome with leaves/lilypads). Plant immediately in heavy loam soil and set at the recommended depth. Minor leaf yellowing from transit is normal and quickly replaced by new growth.