Re: Daylily toughness?

>During my first summer of gardening my neighbour had a wheelbarrow full of
>daylilies she meant to divide and plant. She never got around to it and gave
>me the lot in September after they'd sat in the wheelbarrow for 2 months.
>They are gorgeous and healthy, blooming heavily every year. I think they can
>withstand anything!
>
>Ann
>Zone 5


I have to laugh. I bought five small daylilies from a local garden show in
January.(This is So. Calif.)  The person selling them had just dug up a
clump that morning and was parcelling them out to raise money for a garden
club. They were bareroot. She cautioned me, "now be sure to plant them just
as soon as you get home so they don't dry out and die."

I just smiled and said sure, but thought, this woman is very kind-hearted
but she certainly doesn't know her daylilies. I brought them home and I
think they sat around in a plastic bag on my porch for a few weeks until I
got around to it. They're now in 1-gallon cans and doing jus' fine.

Tough as nails, they are.

Karen
Zone 9, Sunset Zone 20


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