Re: Day Lily
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- Subject: Re: Day Lily
- From: L* R*
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:14:52 -0600
To add to Janis' comments:
I have two boxes 24" X 36" flanking my deck, which is full of daylilies.
And, I have a full spring show of yellow daffs, purple anemones, and
muscari. Every other fall, I dig up the daylilies (to divide - which is
good discipline!) and my spring bulbs. It's a good opportunity to discard
bad bulbs, add fresh bulbs, and, change the scheme depending on what bulbs
are on sale in October! Also, my soil gets a treatment of compost and bone
meal. It is key to amend soil in a restricted area.
Lorraine
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> From: LONDE@aol.com
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Day Lily
> Date: Sunday, March 21, 1999 3:56 PM
>
> Pottsey:
>
> I agree with Ginny that in beds 2-foot by one-half foot, it would be best
to
> plant daylilies alone as just a few plants will easily spead to fill that
> space.
>
> But you might want to consider planting spring-flowering bulbs,
especially
> daffodils, with the daylilies. I find the two are perfect companions.
In the
> spring the daffodils put on a nice display and just as that is ending,
the
> daylily foliage is coming up and hides the fading daffodil leaves. Then
the
> daylilies take over the show. The leaves are silmilar enough and the
timing
> perfect enough that this is a seamless transition.
>
> It is easiest to plant both the daylilies and daffodils together in the
fall.
> But I have successfully planted daffodil bulbs into established daylily
beds
> without much difficulty. You could plant your daylilies now and add the
bulbs
> in the fall if you don't plant the daylilies too close together.
>
> --Janis
>
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