Preformed Pond

Water lilies are a great addition to any preformed pond.

Whether to look at silk or real ones, however can be an important question.

Real lilies

Real lilies are a great addition, and in the right place can be a major focal point of your preformed pond.

Nothing looks as authentic as real lilies.

Real lilies also act as natural oxygenators of the water, and provide for a more natural ecosystem.

There are two possible hurdles going this way, however

- Real lilies are more to maintain

Every living item in your garden is another thing to maintain, one way or another. At some point, it will need replacing and replanting.

Real lilies will decompose over time, and have a habit of plugging up the water flow. While this isn’t a task that is difficult to fix and clean, it is one more step in maintaining.

- Real lilies will attract wildlife

This is both a positive and negative. Real lilies will attract more wildlife in your preformed pond.

This is a positive as more wildlife is often more visual to see, and is one of the reasons you keep your garden

This can be a negative, as the wildlife that visits the lilies often finds them very delicious to eat.

Silk lilies

Silk lilies have come a long way in the last few years, and if you’re willing to spend the additional to get a high quality set, can look very authentic.

There is little mess to clean up, and if properly positioned they can look very real.

While some animals do not notice the difference between these and real ones, and are just as happy to vist them, others do notice (however the animals that care are often the ones that would be eating the lilies anyways!)