That’s nice bloom! Got some teeth! Can’t wait to see what comes next in your gardens.

Sherry

Might be a good thing it had no pollen, look at the teeth! A pretty one, especially for 1st bloom. I am looking forward to seeing your blooms.

Now that is a "toothy" daylily. Seedling bed looks good and ready for the new kids.

I hope Bites Like a Thousand Teeth makes it for you this time. Many of my Devito daylilies seem a bit tender.

As for your seedling beds, do you use a circle cutting tool like Bob Faulkner does? I can see how that could cut down on a lot of the weeding. I've spent the past four days weeding my seedling beds, and it is so time consuming.

Debra

Debra. we cut slits on the strips. You can't see them in the picture but the fabric has a yellow stripe every foot. We really don't like that method because the fabric will shred, especially when you pull a weed out. I know Tom Polston uses some sort of drill to cut holes, but he plants in black plastic. Bob has been toying with the idea of burning a hole, but I guess for now we will just cut the slits. That's what Mike and Sandy Holmes do.

We used the landscape fabric last season and it does make a great difference. We had one piece blow off during high winds (and there's no putting it back now) and weeds will grow up in the slits, but still it has cut down the weeds tremendously. With all the rain we have had this spring, if we hadn't put down the plastic the weeds would be knee high. The older seedlings can handle that ok, but the babies just get lost.

Nancy

What a pretty first bloom, Nancy. I like that one.

kay

Seedling question for you Nancy [or anyone else with an opinion]: how many years do you wait to split a seedling clump that is doing well? I have 5 varieties in one clump, and 3 in another and I'd like to give them their own spots. This is blooming year 3.

I tried landscape fabric, and while it works for weeds, the Bermuda grass thrives in it and it gave me a worse headache. I tried newspaper but it is so temporary.

Brad, we never plant them in communal pots so they are always individual. I would say that splitting them as soon as possible would be a good idea.

Nancy

Hi Brad, I don't plant my seedlings in clumps . I start them ( a single cross maybe max 6 seeds) in a single container but as they get bigger I pot them up in individual pots till they get a bit bigger or plant them straight into the gardens as first year seedlings.