Re: Interest in Late blooming daylilies

HI Donna,

I do most of my dividing this time of year to the first week in September. AND I make sure everything that has been out of the ground gets hand watered for 1-2 weeks after. If I do major surgery (lots of divisions), I'll cut the leaves back to about 6-10 inches and water until I see fresh growth.


BUT - I divide sale plants from May to September and have never lost a plant. What I don't do anymore, is plant new to me material after Labor Day in the ground, instead they stay in holding pots and are buried in chopped leaves/the compost heap.

And I have to get busy with some new plants that arrived yesterday.
Cheryl
Cheryl,
When do you divide yours? I was planning on it a few weeks after blooming. Got a bunch that need it.

Donna

 I have NEVER whacked all the foliage down - cleaned it, trimmed it,
 but never to the ground mid-season.  I clean it in the fall and in
 the spring.

 DiSabato's book might be talking about the Deep South and evergreen
 daylilies where it might be useful.  Daylilies can really take a
 beating, but that seems over the top!
 Cheryl
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 Cheryl Isaak
 Londonderry, NH
 AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
 growing, stitching and reading in NH

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AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH

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