Re: New beds and daylilies

I agree. I've been cutting these same daylilies back in the center of the  
path for about 5 years now with no dire results and actually they all looked 
 great until late Sept. This year, however, with all the rain we've had and 
the  cool temps must have been perfect for the fungus to get into the open 
wounds.  I'll see what happens next year. An online search revealed the 
possibility of  that fungus remaining in the soil to do its work in subsequent 
years...ai yi  yi...will lift the daylilies next spring...I wonder if I 
should use anything to  counter the fungus in the soil? Any ideas? I'd sure hate 
to have this happen  again next year...and maybe early on too. 
 
Joanie Anderson
35 mi. north of Chicago
 
 
In a message dated 8/27/2009 1:21:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
cherylisaak@comcast.net writes:

>Hi,  Cheryl!
>
>Your new bed sounds wonderful, if back breaking. How  much of   different
>plants will go in this year? When do you  get your first hard frost in  NH?

North country could be this  weekend; normally, I'll see one by mid October.

>   How
>about posting some pix of the phases?

anyone on Facebook? I  posted some pictures there.

>
><<The plan is  to
>keep the daylilies that stay here to the small  side or  more
>interesting shapes.>>
>
>I ran into an  interesting problem with my daylilies this summer: I have 
>some (Happy  Returns) flanking a path across a mini-berm. Each summer I 
have  to
>  cut them back to permit easy walking (my fault...the path's  too narrow).
>In  early August about 2/3's of them began to look  ratty as if it were 
late
>October.  Then, bang, they were gone. I  cut them back to the ground (and
>pitched their  remains in the  trash) and they already have 5" leaves 
>again from
>the   crowns. I did some online research and it was apparently a fungus  
and
>by cutting  their leaves back in the center of the pathway I  had opened 
the 
>plants up to invasion and infection. Guess I'll be  re-doing a bed
>too...next year:-)

and some just like to be cut  back any way. I know the fungus (a 
"rust" IIRC) was huge concern among  breeders and growers.  Just pick 
up the plant and move them; they  won't mind....
-- 
Cheryl Isaak
another day, another rink
growing,  stitching and reading in  NH

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