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Re: Do Lillies die back?

Susan,

How do you know when your Daylilies should be separated/thinned, and when is
the best time of year to do this in zone 5?

Thanks,

Chris in Colorado


t 04:40 PM 8/19/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Kathleen:
>	Lilies are from the genus Lilium and they are bulbs.  You don't
>want to cut back the foliage (even if it is browning and dying, which it
>sometimes does naturally) because the foliage is needed to absorb sun
>and nutrients to build up the bulb for next year.  Even when you are
>cutting a blooming lily for a vase indoors, it's better for the bulb if
>you don't cut very much more stem and foliage than you have to for your
>floral arrangement requirements.
>	Daylilies are from the genus Hemerocallis and they are NOT
>bulbs.  However, it is probably not a good idea to remove their foliage
>either because they are perennials and their leaves keep growing, to
>some extent, throughout the fall.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Susan
>
>Susan Campanini
>in east central Illinois
>zone 5b, min temp -15F?
>e-mail:  campanin@uiuc.edu
>
>
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