Say a person wanted to introduce a few pads in a favorite lake of theirs.  How hard are they to transplant?

not a clue...but a tip that makes logical sense to me would be that the more you transplant, the better a chance you have of some of them thriving and spreading.

we had a problem here a while back with whirling disease , this was mostly caused by anglers bringing stuff from one body of water to another.  

That might be illegal.  Or worse, it might spread diseases.

Call the local DNR and ask them I doubt they would allow you to do this unless the lillys are a local species.

TD

Not hard to transplant at all.  Be advised that lilly pads are very invasive and will take over a small pond in no tme.

Kelley

Water Lilies are very vigorous and transplant best in water between 1 and 2.5 feet deep.

Since they proprogate rampantly, they shouldn't be introduced into lagoons or waterways,

but only in quiet backwaters where they will generally take off (make a pleasant appearance).

Lily pads are BIG BASS magnets, but I have hunch you already know that

Roger

Lillies are tubers and very easy to transplant.If it turns out you can plant them,all you have to do is stick them in the mud and they will grow and multiply every year.....Good Luck,Alan

Now to find a source....

Copy-&-Paste these two words into your Google search engine "Nymphaea cart"

Roger

Copy-&-Paste these two words into your Google search engine "Nymphaea cart"

Roger

Getting nothing but links to photos and herbal teas.

Burley, you might have better luck with these:

http://catfishlogic.com/?gclid=CJaxxLmM54wCFQi9VAodFUiB6w

http://www.lilyblooms.com/

http://texaswaterlilies.com/

https://www.pondmegastore.com/shop/pages.php?pageid=11

Roger

Mucho gracias amigo!  

Burley,

I too love lily pads!  I might suggest you talk to your DNR about this.  There could be problems bringing in a non native species.  We see problems about this all the time.  If they were meant to be there, they would be there.  IMHO.  

Maybe being better safe than sorry....but that's just me

I have seen lilys grow in ponds that they were not before and no one brought um there guess how they got there hard to believe though......  muskrats i think they carry the tubers around when they migrate to ponds sorta like squirrels with acorns u get a nice oak tree when the oak trees are 300 yards away from your yard  so it is kinda natural as long as the pads are a natural plant to your state