Can't comment about your other plants, but the daylilies will be fine. Can't kill them.

The daylilies and Russian sage are perennials and the lillies are bulbs, so unless the heat of the fire damaged the underground parts, they should be fine.

How careless of someone to do that! So sorry you had to deal with that. I agree that unless any roots were damaged the plants should be fine.

:)

Dee

thanks for reenforcing what i believed to be true. honestly it was kind of a blessing not having to deal with the leaves. too bad it didn't happen after ALL the leaves had fallen. i mowed all the leaves in the back yard into mulch today.

i'm concerned about the ditch ( common day lilies ) lilies

==>> when they show up on the other sides of the driveway.. just move some back where they came from ... lol

of all the plants.. the ditch lily is the one id worry least about ...

ken

my drive is near 3 cars wide. they won't cross under in my life time. what's queer is all plants struggle in this patch. the ditch lilies always come back but die back early in july .

BUT the lilies & russian sage come up in the expansion joints & thrive. i'm thinking that like the liriope on the other side of the drive these plants are deprived of water by the 3 pin oaks on the other side of the fence. these trees are a pain & i'm a fan of trees. they have been butchered by the power company so many times that they are eyesores. the power company offered to take them down for free because they are a thorn in their side. the owner who owned three blocks of rentals was a total ^7$#**** refused. my pet name for him was bucket head. the power lines have actually caught the trees on fire. a neighbor across the street once called the fire dept. once cuz he though my house was on fire. there's also a huge oak at the rental across the street that was lightning struck. i saw it happen. it blew a 10' long chunk out of the trunk. there's a split than runs in a spiral from the ground to a fork 45' up. it's a disaster waiting to happen.

Sorry you experienced this! I am reminded of stories where gardeners sometime burned their perennials to the ground to ‘clear’ them for the season. While that may not be the current way of thinking, I think what you’ve got should be fine.