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  • Answered by
    MichiganDot on
    June 21, 2018
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    Nipped in the bud! Yes, you can move daylilies although as you know, spring and fall are better times. To compensate for summer heat, you will need to water well but what I think is more important is to provide the plants with some shade for up to a week. Watch the plant and remove the shade when it seems to have recovered. Rig up some shade with leaf bags over poles (I use a shovel sometimes), a large box placed to provide shade or an old piece of fabric taped to sticks. Better looking alternatives include row cover material or "shade fabric". Time the move for decent temperatures and there is nothing like rain for helping plants settle in. Good luck.

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  • Answered by
    MichiganDot on
    July 23, 2018
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    Cut down flower stems on daylilies once blooms are faded. Daisies will produce more blooms if faded flowers are cut back to the next visible bud. On tall shasta daisies, this may be 6-9 inches below the bloom. Look closely for new growth where a leaf meets the stem. Flower stems may be cut back to basal foliage after blooming is over. The main foliage is still needed to prepare the roots for winter so it should remain intact until it yellows in fall.

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  • Answered by
    BushDoctor on
    July 24, 2018
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    You can cut off the dead blooms. This will not harm anything at all. This article will give you more information on caring for daylilies: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/bulbs/daylily/growing-daylilies.htm

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    August 26, 2018
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    The smaller roots will not produce any plants, However you can divide the larger rhizome into multiple plants. This hair-like feathering on the roots is caused by its relationship the the good bacteria in your soil called mycorrhizae, Without these the plant would not thrive. Here is a link for more information on dividing daylilies: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/bulbs/lily/dividing-lily-plants.htm

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    August 27, 2018
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    Downtoearthdigs on
    August 28, 2018
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    If a daylily is allowed to set seed and the seeds are not removed then they can fall to the ground and germinate into a new daylily plant. That plant will not be the same as its parent but may be quite plain. It may also be quite vigorous and outgrow its parent as time passes. If that is the case then after a few years only the seedling will be growing and flowering and then some may look at it and consider that it looks old-fashioned and like an ancestral daylily. But the original plant did not revert; it was more or less killed by its offspring and the offspring was not a parent or ancestral daylily.

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    November 30, 2018
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    Spread several inches of moist peat moss in the bottom of a cardboard box or plastic tub.
    Lay the rhizomes on top of the peat moss, placing them so they don't touch each other. Rot can spread from plant to plant if the rhizomes are touching and one rots. Alternate layers of peat moss and rhizomes until the box is full or you have placed all of your rhizomes. End with a layer of peat moss.
    Store the box in a cold, dry place where the temperature is 35 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit.

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