Ring of Fire Hardy Water Lily!

Ring of Fire Hardy Water Lily — Fiery Color, Heavy Blooms, Easy Care

The Ring of Fire Hardy Water Lily is a show-stopping hardy water lily with multi-petaled 5–7" blooms that blend coral-red, peach, and golden tones—like a living flame on the water. A vigorous perennial pond plant, it flowers from late spring to frost in full sun and shallow water. If you want a centerpiece that’s easy to grow, blooms relentlessly, and looks unlike anything else in a water garden, Ring of Fire is the one.

Why Customers Love It

• Fiery, multi-tone flowers that read brilliantly from a distance

• Heavy bloomer—keeps buds coming in sun and shallow depth

• Large-rhizome vigor for wide containers or pond shelves

• Hardy & dependable—returns every year with simple care

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): 8–18" (shallower = more flowers)

• Spread: ~4–6 ft at maturity

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

Care & Fertilizing (simple schedule)

• Fertilizer tablets: 4–6 tablets on the 1st & 15th each month (May–September)

• Application: Press 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 ramp up buds

• Keep surface water open and unshaded—pads are the plant’s solar panels

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

• Choose wide, shallow containers so rhizomes can run and produce 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 Ring of Fire—light drives flowering

• ❌ Don’t plant too deep (>18") if you want frequent blooms

Helpful Links

• Water Lily Fertilizer Tablets 

• PondGro™ Aquatic Water Lily Loam Soil 

• PondGro™ Fabric Pots for Water Lilies

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