I almost gave up

8 years ago

Last year I overdid it (which I do habitually) and really lost interest in daylilies, but with the coming of spring, and with greenery flourishing, the passion has returned!

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avedon_gw

8 years ago

Every year I swear no more and every year I add more. However, space is becoming an issue and eventually some daylilies must go, either to new homes or to the compost pile.

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daylilybedmaker
8 years ago
I usually feel that way at the end of the season. By the time late September rolls around, I am ready to get rid of them all. It is my own doing as they compete with my family for my time. I am getting better each year with time management, but I still end up with more plants than I have space for. Hopefully I will end the season with fewer plants in pots than this past year (40).

David
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DaveinVA (7a)
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8 years ago
A perfect description of myself!
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organic_kitten
8 years ago
it is simply an addiction

kay
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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
8 years ago
Because of our almost non existent nice spring weather this year, I'm just now finishing up repotting and fertilizing all my old daylilies (I grow mostly in pots) while at the same time trying to keep up with the incoming new daylilies I ordered. At one point I just started pitching bonus plants that didn't appeal to me rather then have to deal with them. I swear I will never do this to myself again. Oh, right. I did this to myself about 4 years ago and swore then I'd not do it again. As Kay says - it's an addiction.............Maryl
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
8 years ago
Sounds familiar! I shovel pruned two perennial geranium that had become weed infested mounds, had two caryopteris bite the dust! Hurray, more room! I remember thinking in January when I order 7 more daylilies, where will they go???i wonder what will bite the dust next season ; )

Sherry
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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
8 years ago
We said we needed to downsize but now our collection is over 1000 when all the new ones arrive. We will get rid of a few varieties this weekend when the local herb society has its herb fair. We have sold there for quite a few years now.

We plan to walk through the garden and identify those not doing well. We will either send them to friends in the south or compost them. We just don't have the space for anything we don't love or anything that doesn't do well.

Nancy
organic_kitten
8 years ago
I got rid of quite a few last year...and added just as many. Two died over the winter, and I was lucky enough to get a replacement for one of them...and then I went to the auction. Great Auntie Picklebottom replaced it.

kay
dick_in_ohio
8 years ago
space is an issue, that and we can't agree on which ones have to go.