Re: Evergreen Daylily in NW
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Evergreen Daylily in NW
- From: D* M*
- Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 11:26:16 -0600
>On 3/13/99 9:34 AM Diana L. Politika (diana@olympus.net) said:
>
>>I read an article about daylilies, where the author made a remark
>>similar to "we don't even consider evergreen daylilies in the
>>Northwest".
>>Why?
>
>The freezes w/ kill them. OTOH, dormant daylilies don't particularly
>thrive here in zones 9 & 10 because they need that dormancy period that
>freezes give them
>
>Tom Miller
>...........................................................................
Hmmm. This is interesting, since I have purchased daylilies that were
stated to be evergreen, and they have done quite well up here in my Zone 5
(Milwaukee) garden. I certainly would not want to speak for ALL evergreen
daylilies, but perhaps there is no sharp division between the two.
Don Martinson
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
Heat Zone #4
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