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Re: daylilies

My Stella's repeat and so do a couple of others.  I don't think that my
cutting them back has had anything to do with it though.  

Kathy Miller from Kentucky


At 09:44 PM 8/12/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I cut mine back this year on the forth of July. The foliage came back
>fresher and I do not have the die out that usually occurs in our long
>summer. But the best treat of all- my daylillies are blooming again!! Not
>all of them but more than half. I am thinking of dividing just these plants
>so next year, hopefully, I will have many more repeaters. Has anyone else
>experienced this?
>Debbie O'Donnell Zone 7
>dville@mindspring.com
>At 08:53 AM 8/12/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>Re: cutting back daylily foliage after blooming, I read in last month's
>>Garden Design magazine (I think that's where I saw it) that they
>>recommended cutting back daylilies after blooming! They said the new
>>foliage would grow in "neater" for the rest of the season.  I was very
>>puzzled since I'd not heard this before - and I never thought daylily
>>foliage was particularly messy!
>>
>>Did anyone else read this?
>>
>>Deb
>>Medfield, Massachusetts
>>zone 6
>>
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