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RE: daylilies

Daylilies do seem to take a season to adjust after a transplant, but I think alot depends on how old the original plants are when they are moved.  I have some very old plants that when transplanted will rebound the next season to bloom and get stronger and fuller every year after.  As a rule of thumb I don't divide mine more than once every three years.  Also if the amount of sunlight they receive in their new spot is less,they will not bloom as much.  I've found that the more shade they see the less they bloom.  They still produce an abundance of foilage however.  I've tested this by pruning away some of the tree branches to allow more sun to reach them and sure enough the amount of blooms I get increases propotionately.  Be patient, it's really hard to stifle a daylily for very long, they are very adaptable!  Good Luck!

Patti
Zone 5/4 in Lake Mills, Wisconsin

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From: 	Jackie Davis[SMTP:jmdavis@teleport.com]
Sent: 	Wednesday, August 13, 1997 9:50 AM
To: 	perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: 	Re: daylilies

Re: Transplanting and dividing daylillies.  I divided a large bunch
(actually 3 large bunches last Fall and some this spring.  I was very
unhappy with how they performed this year, only one flush of blooms early
and a few since then.  I spoke with a daylily pro at a recent Hardy Plant
program on Daylillies, and he said, "they always go slow the first year
after division, give them a chance and next year they'll be great" - DONT
move them again. Good Luck.I'm in zone 7, Washington county of Oregon.  




At 10:28 AM 8/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings Gentlefolk:
>
>Last week there was a thread about daylilies' failure to blossom, and I got
>the idea that this isn't anything to worry about, when they've been
>transplanted; am I correct?
>
>I moved several clumps of them last year, and this year some of them haven't
>flowered; to tell the truth, they're in with long-established tiger lilies
>so I can't tell yet if they even put out foliage;  I was going to see what
>they looked like after the season is over, and then transplant them again if
>necessary;
>
>can someone tell me whether I should move them, if the foliage looks healthy?
>
>Isabelle Hayes
>
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