Re: think they'll live?
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- Subject: Re: think they'll live?
- From: D* M* <d*@post.its.mcw.edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:12:42 -0600
>One daylily (those cast-iron hemerocallis lovelies) is showing no sign of
>green. Of course it is the ONE I really wanted to transplant. I dug the
>tubers with leaves, cut the leaves back to 6 inches or so, and potted it
>in soil mixed with vermiculite for the move. I did the same with all the
>other daylilies and they are happily sprouting new growth. Think the
>tubers are still viable?
>
>The other plant ... is my tall pink phlox
>(gardening books still packed away, so sorry . . . no latin name
>available) I treated it (and the other tall phlox) the same as the
>daylilies (dig and whack) and all but the pink are doing great. Think it
>might come back?
Hi Pat,
It's probably late enough in the season that both of these plants are going
to be OK, particularly the daylily, as long as it still had firm and fleshy
tubers. Just mark where you planted them so you don't (as I have :( ) dig
them up unknowningly in the spring. Just make sure they don't get too
dried out.
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
d*@post.its.mcw.edu
"Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."
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