Re: OT: TBs and daylilies

Patricia,

I have daylilies and iris along my drive.  I put two-3 fans of a daylily variety.  Watch height get about 20in. height.  I leave a 2ft. space. Then have a 2 ft. area of Iris. On an On this way.  You can divided the daylilies every year if they get to close.  The leaves of Iris do look pretty between the daylilies.  I don't think I would put them right on top each other.  I would like to know of a plant that could be a filler in the 2ft. space though.  Right now it is mulch.  Just read that mulch can be harmful to iris.  Any comments.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: pbrooks@whidbey.net 
  To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 3:31 AM
  Subject: [iris-talk] OT: TBs and daylilies


  Serves me right:  I neglected checking the iris-talk for a couple of 
  days, and was just about to order daylilies to interplant in my new 
  iris bed, and lo, some have advised against.

  The bed in question lines a drive, creating a heavy wind channel.  To 
  create bloom once the irises are through, I interplanted with seed-
  raised perennials as I usually do:  shasta daisies, snapdragons, 
  etc.  But every time the wind plowed through, the little peat pots 
  got dried up and blew away.  So I planted small nursery plants of 
  annuals -- petunias, impatiens -- same result.

  So I'm thinking, daylilies are tough like irises, and begin to bloom 
  once the irises are finished, lasting most of the rest of the 
  season.  They'll be able to hang on through the windy times.  Then 
  iris-talkers say they're invasive, will take over my beloved irises, 
  the whole reason for the bed?  Help!

  Any others have experience with daylilies and irises cohabiting?

  Patricia Brooks
  Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8-9?


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