In 2021, Denver Botanic Gardens posted an educational video of the experiment with their Victoria Longwood Hybrid waterlilies, a cross between two different large tropical lily pad species, which ...

That's the question Botanic Gardens across the world are answering in a viral social media challenge issued by the Denver Botanic Gardens this year. They're not your typical pond lily pads, either.

That's the question Botanic Gardens across the world are answering in a viral social media challenge issued by the Denver Botanic Gardens this year. They're not your typical pond lily pads, either ...

For their real attempt, the garden used one 40-pound sandbag and three 10-pound sandbags, piling on an impressive 70 pounds for their water lily. The Denver Botanical Garden commented on the ...

Denver Botanic Gardens asked that with its water lily weigh-off, challenging gardens around the globe to find the strongest lily pad. More than a dozen gardens weighed in on social media, ...

A Missouri Botanical Gardens Victoria lily held up under 142 pounds, besting competitors from gardens and zoos around the world. The St. Louis institution has been growing water lilies since 1894.

Missouri Botanical Garden is officially home to the world's strongest lily pad, competition finds MoBOT credits its super-strong lily pads mainly to Missouri's climate, 2024's long and hot summer ...

Sunny skies and warm weather have stoked optimism at Denver Botanic Gardens’ York Street and Chatfield locations this month. “Last year, with everything being colder and all the hail storms ...

Second place went to a Victoria lily at the Naples Botanical Garden in Florida for holding 135 pounds, while the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh took third place honors with a water lily that ...

Three years ago, the Denver Botanic Gardens staff were curious about how much weight a lily pad could hold. They tested it out, the video went viral and now they are hosting the first official ...