Hi, my name is Barb and I am down sizing my daylilies so if your interested in some just email me. Jetman1979@aol.com

Barb

I have Stella Del Oro daylilies as do many others here, which is the Austin area so further south than you. They do fine for me, though they may take more watering than you're used to further north or in a wetter climate. I don't know about when to divide them. I ordered mine form Gilbert Wild.

Barb, that is super generous of you, thank you! I can pay you for them, or bring you some compost or hardwood ashes in trade, I don't have any other plants yet to trade. (I sent you an email)
Thanks Jamie, I've not heard of Gilbert Wild, I'll google them now. How often should I water them? We're working on hooking up a rain barrel for this year, that should help. They are in a heavily mulched bed that gets full morning sun, indirect afternoon and shade into the evening. They are planted in native clay soil but I've noticed some improvement in the soil since we did mulch it. (Its just free municipal mulch/tree trimmings but I tried to get the more aged/finer stuff from the bottom of the pile)
Thanks all!

angel, I didn't see any mail at aol so please try other email address which is vanhaagen@att.net

I really need to stop using aol it just sucks

Barb

I've grown daylilies here for the past six years with no problems at all. I plan to divide them this fall, so if you still want some, I'll be happy to share then!

scavengingangel:
Welcome to Texas! There are many better Daylilies than
Stella de Oro. First is form: spider,miniature,
Uf(Unusual form),Large flowered and Doubles. Many varieties
have Eye's, edges (sometime called Chicken Fat)applique
paterns better bud counts. The modern Daylilies do come with some cautions. Some forms get "Daylily Rust" really bad others don't. I am not trying to scare you but help to educate. I am president of the Austin Daylily Society (this is why I know about such things). Get in Touch w The president of the clubs either the "Daylily Growers of Dallas" or "North Texas Daylily Society" (Ft Worth). You can also visit the American Hemerocallis Society Webpage for contact info for region 6 (Texas,New Mexico). They have a FAQ page also. Why? Because these people can be a source of valuble information on soil amendments, watering, disease resistant forms as well as avoiding some costly mistakes etc.. Dividing should be done in the fall
that can be the reason you lost some of the Stella's.
Sorry about the short Novel!
Art

My mom has a lot of the white ones. She leaves them in a big planter, but they are coming up with baby ones every year. I wanted to plant them to the ground, but I don't know if they will withstand the heat.

Day Lilies do just fine from the Coast to Michigan so you should have fun. You might look on the web and see what all does well in Texas. I know there are a few day lily farms down this way so it shouldn't be much of a problem. As of having problems dividing you can do that in the fall or even early spring if you don't go into a hot summer too soon. You have already been given great advice of whose to talk to etc. Enjoy they as they are a great blessing for me here although I don't have too many colors. I don't have the money to spent on those beauties but what I have I enjoy sharing with my friends and neighbors. Mine has just started blooming so I am waiting to see what all has lived this year. Some try to take over and others just set there. I don't even know what variety I grow but they are the cheap ones, my price and I get to enjoy them each year.
I do have to water mine in the summer or they go dormant from getting too dry.

Send me an e-mail with your phone number and we can get together and I'll be happy to give you some tall orange daylilies. They're not a named variety, but I got them from my mother here in Texas, she got them from her mother in Oklahoma, and Granny brought them from Tennessee when her mother passed away in 1909. Not sure where her mother (my great-grandmother) got them, but chances are they were given to her by a friend or family member back in the 1800's. They may not be the fanciest daylilies you can buy, but they are beautiful, brilliant orange, and they bloom for a very long time. Cheryl

They just died from transplant shock and different soil, but Stella d'Oro daylilies grow fine here as do many other varieties. They will just need a little TLC this first summer, especially since the temps have already been in the high 90's.

If you haven't yet visited the FW Botanical Garden you must. They have a huge number of varieties of day lilies throughout their perennial and trial gardens. It is an amazing place, a great place to get ideas on what you'd like to plant.