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10-03-2008, 11:23 PM
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I have 5 daylily plants that were doing well, until the heat and humidity made them flopped down. Now that the temperatures in the NORTHEAST have cooled down, they are still flopped. They are unsightly. What can I do?  Any suggestions, thanks a lot, |
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10-04-2008, 01:42 AM
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Location: rain city
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Cut them back, they are finished for the year. Lop off the ugly scraggly leaves. They will regrow and bloom again next summer.
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10-04-2008, 06:56 AM
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Location: Kirkwood, DE and beautiful SXM!
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Azoria is correct. Cut them back significantly. Next year you will have a lot more than 5 as day lilies multiply.
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10-04-2008, 09:08 PM
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Location: In my playhouse.
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I agree with everyone else - once the leaves die just cut them off.
I noticed that each of you are in different parts of the country. I have a beautiful bed of daylilies in SW Arkansas. We have a home also in Wyoming. Do you think the daylilies would live here -Wyoming - if I transplanted some?
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10-04-2008, 09:12 PM
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Should. Daylillies do fine in Michigan. Granted, Wyoming is even snowier/colder than MI - but the Lillies will just be dormant during that period. You have enough sun and warmth for a growing period there - so during that time they should just be like normal day lillies in a seasonal environment.  |
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10-04-2008, 09:39 PM
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Trim them off. Some varieties of daylilies have nicer foliage. Some, after they flower, look really lousy.
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10-05-2008, 02:30 PM
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Reps to all of you guys. I cannot thank you enough. I cut them down as must of you suggested, and they are doing much, much, better. |
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10-05-2008, 07:45 PM
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Location: home...finally, home .
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It is so amazing how they grow from really nothing after a long winter, bud , then bloom and burst into beautiful flower for only one day. And, then they die , only to have the cycle repeated for another year. There must be a Greek myth there somewhere.
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10-06-2008, 10:39 PM
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Any suggestions on which varieties have better/longer lasting foliage?
I'm contemplating planting some on Long Island, NY next year...
Thanks
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