What are your daytime highs and nighttime low temps right now? I wouldn't move anything now where I live, but you are chillin' in the North.

Debra

I would move them. As you said you have the time. I have moved daylilies at just about any time of the spring, summer and early fall. Last year I moved so many daylilies in August in the middle of a 3 week heat and humidity wave. I cut them back after moving and watered well. They took right off in their new location just fine. They are blooming now this year. So move them and next year they will be bloming away in their new location.

From your zone, you should be very safe to move them. I'm like Rita.I would move it anyways if I felt the need. I'd just protect them a little and water well.

By the way, last year I received several daylilies form the auction very very late! I was very frustrated...we were having freezing temps, and it was a bad time to plant daylilies.

I took milk jugs and cut the bottoms out of them then removed the caps. I put one over each pant and anchored them in place by pushing a wire stake through the handle. This, in effect, made individual greenhouses for each plant. Every one of those plants survived, so never give up on saving a plant. Think outside the box. (Or inside it if appropriate.)

I move mine anytime I want to. In zone 4 you are safe to do it.
I moved some in bloom a couple weeks ago and they didn't even wilt, they just kept on blooming like they were never moved. I water them well when I replant them and if it gets real hot and dry in the next couple days after planting I water them again. After that I treat them the same as the rest of the garden. I have never lost a daylily.

Nancy VB

thanx gang---good seeing others agree with me on this one--just like confirmation once in a while