1. Pond Plants

2. Water Lilies

3. Water lilies can grow in water as shallow as 15 cm and as deep as 4.5 m. shallow waterdeep water

4. Pond Beneath the leaf is a hollow stem that anchors the lily to its roots at the bottom of the pond or lake. stem

5. Pond * The flowers open and close each day for several days until they are pollinated. Once pollination occurs, the underwater stem curls like a spring and pulls the blossom underwater, presumably to protect it from damage.

6. Pond * Claude Monet is perhaps most well known for his paintings of water lilies.