Re: Daylilies
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- Subject: Re: Daylilies
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 02:21:18 -0500
I'll agree with Tracy DeSabato-Aust...they really are ugly spent
flowers, but so are bearded Iris..and about the same
consistency...also have some rhodies and azaleas who will not self
clean and look pretty dreadful. They dying of flowers is one of
those things we have to put up with if we want to enjoy them in the
fullness of their beauty.
I am an erratic dead-header. If it gets sufficiently on my nerves, I
will deal with it. Will generally take care of the ones right at the
walk entrance and turn a blind eye to those down by the drive...those
whose buds have managed to escape bambi, that is.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Patricia Hill <patty_m_hill@hotmail.com>
> Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 1:49 AM
>
> Tracy DeSabato-Aust refers to daylilies as a "deadheading
nightmare...wet
> globs of tissue paper, slimy creatures, mush-mummies or the
like--daylily
> deadheads are ugly."
>
> I wonder how you daylily growers handle the deadheading issue. I
know that
> daily or constant deadheading will keep the plants looking neater
and help
> keep those reblooming varieties reblooming, but I just don't keep
up on it
> that well. I sort of pick at them when I am out in the garden now
and
> again, but often leave them to their own self-cleaning devices. I
know some
> people who never deadhead their daylilies (large pieces of property
with
> lots of daylilies) and also leave them to their own devices. What
do you
> do?
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