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title: "What do we do with boat lilies when they get really tall? Are they…"
description: "What do we do with boat lilies when they get really tall? Are they meant to flop over? I tried propping her it but it grows so fast. I'm not complaining about…"
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community: "Foliage Plant Haven"
author: "Kelly"
published: "2025-11-16T16:22:15.700911Z"
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# What do we do with boat lilies when they get really tall? Are they…

_Posted by Kelly on 2025-11-16_

What do we do with boat lilies when they get really tall? Are they meant to flop over? I tried propping her it but it grows so fast. I'm not complaining about it growing so well, I just don't want the branches to break off.

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## 5 comments

### Adam commented on 2025-11-16

I’ve done 2 methods. If you let it flop over sometimes it will make a trailing cascading type to hide the pot. Other way is to chop and propagate. It will easily send out shoots lower down and make a bushy plant and you can propagate the cuttings.

#### Adam replied on 2025-11-16

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#### Adam replied on 2025-11-16

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#### Adam replied on 2025-11-16

Example of both. First is letting it go and second is cutting

#### Kelly replied on 2025-11-16

Thanks! Good advice!

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