Day lily or weed?

8 years ago

Hi all

Last year I noticed a day lily plant in the middle of a slightly overgrown area on my property (previous owners let it get a little dense). It was so random. I’m sure it was a day lily, but last summer was so busy I forgot to make note of exactly the place it was, or if there were others, it’s not in an area I see often while gardening. Perhaps the previous owners had DLs in that area before it became over grown.

But this week as I was trying to clean up more of the over growth, I noticed some interesting sprouts, they didn’t look like weeds hat I’ve seen before on the property, and they were in the general area where I remember seeing the DL. I noticed about a dozen of these sprouts across the area, is this a DL sprout!? If so, can I use a hand shovel and gently lift it so that I can put it in a better area?

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signet_gw(6b)

8 years ago

Ok , the first thing you should know about dayliies is they flower the best with at least 6 hours of sun. It doesnt mean they wont flower if they dont get 6 hours of sun it just means they will flower optimally with 6 hours of sun. . Looking at the spread of them it may be likely that you have Hemerocallis Fulva Europa planted there . If it is , it is one of the species daylililes. The reason I say this is because Fulva Europa spreads by underground runners so therefore they can send up a shoot quite far away from the original plant . I make wine from the petals of this plant and have large spreads of them all over my property.

Most hybrids grow in clumps and people usually plant them about 2 feet apart ( not always but that is what is recommended . Time will tell just exactly what cultivar you have there .

Hope this has helped .. Enjoy your daylilies .

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dbarron
8 years ago
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Kali C
Original Author
8 years ago
Update - I went to check out the possible day lily sprouts before it got dark and there were so many! Now that I’ve had a closer look I think there are almost 30! So glad to have found this! I can’t believe they’ve been growing under all this brush!
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signet_gw(6b)
8 years ago
Those are definitely daylily leaves. How nice a find is that !!!!!!!!!!!!
Kali C
Original Author
8 years ago
That makes me SO happy!! I took some photos of the area, even though it’s super hard to see I counted about 20 DLs in photo 1 alone! Im so excited i had to take photos and circled where the DLs are (hard to see because of all the growth and weeds). I wonder how this happened?

Perhaps there was 1 or 2 last year and they went to seed resulting in several dozen? Or perhaps they’ve always been there but I somehow never noticed due to the over growth? Maybe only a couple of them flowered and the rest looked like grass to me haha. So many possibilities!

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Kali C
Original Author
8 years ago
Wow thanks so much! I’ll be excited to see what comes up :)
roxanna7
8 years ago
Hi Kali -- Don't forget my offer of daylily divisions (as long as you aren't too particular about color!) -- you come and dig 'em!! I'm just southwest of Worcester, easy to get to on your trek west for work(?) as you mentioned. With the warmer and drier weather coming up, it ought to be decent for digging over the next couple of weeks, barring rainy days. I will have to search my emails to find your email address... We can make a plan if you are still interested. You'll need muck shoes/boots or old gardening shoes...

Can also divide Hosta, if you want any. And Mayapple. And Leucojum 'Gravetye Giant". And basic daffodils... Just consider me your new-found nursery garden! =)

Roxanna in Rochdale
Kali C
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank you Roxanna :) I have not forgotten about your wonderful offer.

I did try to email you back but perhaps my email got lost in limbo, as so often happens to me haha. I would love to set up a time in the next several weeks if that’s ok with you!

Also, I ended up digging some out of the woods and putting them in my side garden and along my fence on the hill. They look nice and healthy to me :) I hope they don’t spread TOO aggressively, but if it took me 2 years to even notice them I think they’ll be fine haha
roxanna7
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Kali -- I found your email from a month ago; can't recall if I ever replied (sorry if I didn't). You gave your phone # so one of these evenings I will give you a call to set up our gardening day!

FYI, I'm a # 508 -892 **** which might show up if you have caller ID. Talk to you in a few days!

Roxanna