Working Out Where to Plant Your Daylilies

Working Out Where to Plant Your Daylilies

If you are planning to brighten up your garden with a burst of colour and beauty, planting daylilies is an excellent choice. These plants have become extremely popular amongst those who enjoy gardening or being out in the garden, as they are highly attractive yet low maintenance. Of course, you have to put in the initial work of planting them but once the roots are established they will pretty much look after themselves providing you grow the daylilies in top quality soil that provides excellent drainage and water them when required.

After you purchase the daylily plant the first thing you need to do is make sure you find a suitable place to plant and grow your daylilies. There are a number of factors that you need to consider when choosing the right location for your planting. The two key factors however, are the quality of the soil and whether the location will get sufficient sunlight to enable the daylilies to flourish, without these two major things your daylilies will not grow real well.

With regards to the soil, you need to guarantee that the soil you plant in, is not too sandy or clay, as this could have an adverse effect on growth. If the soil has too much sand or clay, you need to make certain you put in some organic matter. The types of organic matter can be garden leaves, manure, you can also add in some grass clippings, the sweepings off the kitchen floor, this could be hair, pet hair or your vegetable peelings, patato peel, stale bread, from the fire some wood ash is good, paper, egg shells, straw, these items are best cut up or shredded so they break down quicker.

The next thing you need to do is work out which locations in your garden will enable your growing daylilies to get at least six hours of sunshine. However, bear in mind that the areas that get the afternoon sun may not be best suited, as the heat may be too harsh and scorch the daylily leaves and wreck the flowers. Try and work out which parts of your garden tend to get the morning sun, this can be the perfect place for growing daylilies.

You may also want to consider avoiding planting these flowers close to trees and shrubs. This is because they will otherwise have to compete for water and nutrients, which means that you will have to pay more attention to them than you might otherwise have to normally.

It is best that you consider all these factors before you start to plant a daylily in your garden.