Joe Pye's Ponds Aquatic Nursery, 315 Fairview Road, New Providence PA, 717-786-9055.

From Lancaster take Rt. 222 South. turn right onto Main Street in New Providence. Take the 3rd right onto Cinder Road. Take the first left onto Fairview Road. Driveway is 1/2 mile on left.

Barry Longenecker demonstrated to the Club how to re-pot a Texas Dawn lily.

With wading boots, rubber gloves and a sharp butcher knife, Barry wadded into the lily pond to select a nice Texas Dawn (yellow) hardy, specimen

Here Barry has brought the plant out of the pond and is showing us what it looks like    

Notice the sharp butcher knife that Barry is using to trim off the leaves

Barry explained that most (not all) of the leaves need to be trimmed so that the plant will be able to establish a new root structure in its new pot    

Here Barry has completed the trimming off of the excess foliage	After trimming the plant, Barry washes off the roots
Here is the plant after washing the loose soil from the roots	Here is the plant after washing the loose soil from the roots. Notice the amount of foliage that has not been trimmed off
The next step is to put some rich, heavy, garden soil into the bottom of the pot. The soil should contain no clay or chemicals. While Barry prefers to use "no-hole" pots, however if your pots have holes in them, they should be lined with newspapers or perhaps coffee filters to help retain the soil	The plant is then placed in the pot offset to one side so that there will be room for the roots to grow out and more garden soil is placed on the roots. Barry also adds a short-term release and a long term release plant food tablet to each newly potted plant
Finally, a layer of river pebbles (small rounded stones) is placed on top of the soil to keep it from washing away when the pot is placed in a pond.	Barry explained that it is best to re-pot lilies in mid - to - late April, or in August after the growing season and slightly before winter, so they can re-establish their roots before cold weather sets in. Lilies that have become root-bound and need to be divided in early spring before new leaves begin to show. Great care should be taken to not damage the main root structures. Barry said to always use a sharp knife when trimming plants instead if just breaking the stems. the plant will "heal" quicker and "bleed" a lot less.
Here you see a pond filled with Joey Tomocik (yellow) lilies in the foreground and Almost Black (red) lilies in the background.

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