Daylilies Care What They Need to Grow Well

Daylilies Care What They Need to Grow Well

For any plants to do well at the garden there are several things you will need to pay attention to and daylilies are no exemption. As you consider growing them and as they grow out in the fields, you will realise that there is more than preparing the ground, determining the right time to grow them among other things that contributes to their proper growth.

Spacing is one of the aspects that need to be given due consideration. Since daylilies tend to multiply, if you are planning to grow them in groups of 2 or 3, you can opt to plant them 18-24 inches from each other. Failure to pay attention to this will mean that dividing them later on, will be a task that you will have to plan and prepare for. In the case of growing them as pink miniature daylilies, space them at 12 inches apart.

To prevent loss of water in large quantities, it is advisable to trim the foliage 6 to 8 inches before planting daylilies and while it may or may not be recommended to prune the roots, you can choose to do so if they are long to aid in easy planting. Trimming the foliage before planting will help the plant to utilise most of the water available in re-establishing itself.

Should you need to divide your daylilies, then you need to use a garden fork to get the already grown plant off the ground. Do your best to uproot it with most of the roots intact and shake off all the dirt thereafter from it. Either cutting them into single plants using a knife or scissors can do dividing the daylilies. Alternatively, you can pull them apart carefully ensuring that little or no harm happens to the roots.

Once this is done, it is advisable to give areas that may have been cut some time to dry but you can also go ahead and plant the separated plants immediately if you so wish. The process of separation happens when there are several new fans next to the old ones that have clumped together tightly. The number of blooms is reduced and the size smaller in this case.

These plants should not be planted deep into the soil since this tends to affect their growth and are less likely to flower. The recommended depth is 1 inch for its crown with reference to the roots and they should be planted with their roots spread out and down over a hill of dirt. Fertiliser can also be used and it should be applied a good four inches away from the daylily stem.

Depending on where you are, fertilisers are applied twice at different time periods the first being during early spring. The second should be after the daylilies have re-bloomed in autumn in the case is when the hot summer temperatures start to cool down.  An analysis of your soil by an expert will help you identify what fertiliser to use but a good well-balanced fertiliser makes this job very effective.