Re: How to get rid of lilies. Was: I bought a Tiger lily at
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- Subject: Re: [SG] How to get rid of lilies. Was: I bought a Tiger lily at
- From: J* S*
- Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 17:02:22 -0500
Bob,
Quite correct! It is hard but not impossible to cross with other
daylilies. Seeding around and making unwanted crosses is not the problem.
It is impossible to keep it from spreading by rhizomes underground and
taking over any area it can. In favorable areas it is very vigorous, much
more so than the usual, well-behaved hybrid daylilies. It chokes them out.
Jim
At 05:13 PM 4/7/01 -0600, you wrote:
>J.E. Shields wrote:
>
>> I don't allow the old-fashioned roadside or ditch lily, Hemerocallis fulva
>> 'Europa', anywhere near my place, for fear it might overwhelm the 10,000
>> other daylily plants we grow.
>
>Hi Jim
> I thought the old fashioned orange daylily is a triploid and won't
>cross with anything anyway.
>
>--
>Bye
>Bob Bob Axmear 208 2nd St Ne Waukon, Ia 52172
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