why are the stems of daylily splitting apart?

The stems on the more exotic daylilies are splitting. Thought it was a critter eating it but discovered when I put the damaged stems in water, that they split again while in the water?

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#1 Comment By Heather On 06/28/2012 @ 10:46 pm

It sounds like your daylilies are “scape blasting”. This article will explain more:
http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/scapeblasting.html ^[1]

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