Re: Hemerocallis care?
- Subject: Re: Hemerocallis care?
- From: &* <t*@mac.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 06:12:47 -0400
On 8/17/04, at 8:24 AM, Jilly Bennett, <JillyBennett@LouMilou.com> said:
>Would some one kindly advise me on care of Hemerocallis after flowering.
>I recently read somewhere that one should cut back the leaves but hadn't
>read that before, so for the moment haven't done so. Also should the
>plants continue to be watered all summer? I normally pull out the dry
>flower stalks when they are ready to be pulled out, but perhaps they
>should be cut back before that?
Other than removing spent scapes, I leave my daylilies alone after they
have bloomed. Depending on the variety and your growing conditions, they
may bloom again. I do trim the leaves on mine to 3 or 4" when transplanting.
Tom Miller
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