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Re: questions regarding hollyhocks and phlox

   Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 10:15:28 -0400
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   I would like the answer to this question also.  Also, is this the time to
   take shoots off lilacs that need thinning, and transplant them?  How about
   peonies that must be moved?  and daylilies?
   
   Isabelle Hayes, NYS zone 5
   >
   >Question:  is now the time to transplant oriental lilly bulbs?  Do I
   >transplant them with the stalks still attached (they're still green)?

A major daylily grower near here recommends Sept 15 as the cutoff
point for planting out daylilies, with the cutoff getting later as you
go further south.  Of course, when he sells them, he digs them up,
shakes off the dirt and hands 'em to you.  I'm hoping you can
successfully push the limit a bit by transplanting them with maximum
root ball and (hopefully) minimum root disturbance.  That's what I
just did anyway.

I moved some peonies here last weekend, and have moved them in the
past even in October.


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Jan Stetson          Gardening in Massachusetts, USDA zone 6
jks@concentra.com

Concentra Corporation
21 North Avenue
Burlington, MA 01803-3301
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