Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #175

The old blooms stick to the new buds and then the buds do not open.  We
can't go through hundreds of plants and deadhead but if I am walking by I do
try to keep them thinned out.  If you do not want the seeds just pull them
off as you walk by.  I have found that old Stella D'Oro will not rebloom
until the pods are broken off.  I wish someone would combine the substance
of Stella with the yellow of Happy Returns.  I wish for more yellow in my
garden and not gold.
Nancy

> Daylily question: I know it looks nicer if you remove the spent blossoms
> daily, but does it make any different to the culture and health of the
> plant?
>
> Susan in Urbana, IL zone 5b
>
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> From: "perennials DIGEST" <perennials-owner@hort.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 11:01 PM
> Subject: perennials DIGEST V3 #175
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> >
> > perennials DIGEST        Sunday, June 19 2005        Volume 03 : Number
> > 175
> >
> >
> >
> > In this issue:
> >
> >        Re: Daylilies reverting?
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:36:35 -0400
> > From: "Hal or Nancy Robinson" <robyn82@bellsouth.net>
> > Subject: Re: Daylilies reverting?
> >
> > Jean, are you sure you have the "wild" one that runs?  Do you deadhead
> > your
> > daylilies in the summer so that the seeds do not drop and come up later?
> > With care a seed can bloom in 18 months, just on the ground maybe 2
years
> > if
> > the soil is rich.  I usually eat the buds of the older varieties but
> > refuse
> > to let any of the running variety in my yard.  I love the double and
> > triple
> > 'Kwansa" or something like that but it is not in a bed with any other
> > daylily.  The clumps just stay clumps.  As my trees grow the clumps do
get
> > smaller but I will dig and divide again and they will grow again.  Sorry
I
> > can't help you any more.
> > Nancy   Tennessee  The thrips have messed up some of the good reds.  The
> > yellows are looking good though.
> >
> >
> >> I have suddenly discovered that many of my "named" daylilies have
> >> reverted
> > to
> >> the wild orange one.  Has anyone else had this problem and I presume
> > nothing
> >> can be done about it?
> >>
> >> Jean Crump
> >> Zone 7, Eastern Shore of Md.
> >>
> >
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