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13 years ago

Okay, I BLAME MY PACKAGE!

I went outside to plant my new daylily order and then got annoyed that my northern gardenia has branches that are dead for the first time EVER so I think "I'll just pull this huge thing OUT of it's container and check the roots.Maybe not enough room." Unsure, so decide to switch 5 daylilies with gardenia.

Daylilies have no tags (surprise, surprise..it's me the Queen of "I dont' need to label, I'll absolutely remember what this is next year.. *cough**choke*.

Then I find unlabeled seedlings masquerading as part of uprooted clumps, and think "when did I JAM these in here???", realize 2 daylilies I glance at while doign this ridiculous exchange are in too much shade, so decide to move THOSE and tuck into various containers holding other mystery daylilies

My garden is MASSIVeLY ..can't even thing of word.CONFUSED?? AND ALL FOR THAT BLASTED GARDENIA!!! Which I LOVE *sniffle*

Well, guess this summer will be one of mystery and excitedment as I discover which daylilies I moved where end up.

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organic_kitten
13 years ago
crackingtheconcrete,

It happens...just turn it into a game. (What choice do you have:))

I have a journey or two "of discovery" myself. Take a deep breath...Let it out...it's almost spring! You can handle it.
kay
phaltyme21
13 years ago
Oh golly, yaw'll remind me that I have a place in back of
the garage that has my unlabled DL's. They are growing
well and bloomed wonderfully last summer, in fact, I like a
couple of them better than some of my labeled ones. I
intend to keep them.

Maybe I'll post the pics later.

Kay/phal
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dani_plus_2
13 years ago
Hehehe, could be worse. I've got atleast 20 I moved around but was too exhausted to label or map it out. I have their pics in my inventory- but thta's about it! It will be even worse this Fall since I have a shovel prune list of about 50 and 25 to go in thier places. I must remind myself to MAKE A MAP!

Have fun in your indentifying!

Dani
crackingtheconcrete
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you,Kay, I am now breathing *attempts a yoga-like position* OOH! Speaking of which I have a Lotus Position seedling coming in mail! *happiness*

Kay/phal. Are your unlabeled ones seedlings or just named daylilies with no labels? PICS! PICS! PICS, PICS PICS!! Send them LOL

Dani, What is prune/shovel?? yes.. a MAP!!! However I brilliantly labeled mine "pot closer to door = Lake NOrman spider" in a notebook..and the moved the pots around for winter. Brilliant. LOL.
organic_kitten
13 years ago
It was winter! They weren't blooming . Very understandable.
kay
Prettypetals_GA_7-8
13 years ago
You "crack" me up!! You have me laughing nightly at your post. Thanks for the daily smiles!!! Judy
shive
13 years ago
I feel your pain. I have about 50 in containers whose labels faded so much over the winter that I don't know who they are. I intend to plant several of them this month. Who know what colors and heights will be put together. Luckily, I have a really good eye for identifying the ones without labels once they bloom. But usually by the time they bloom it's too hot here to move things around.

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crackingtheconcrete
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13 years ago
Debra, good that you know what they are! Mine are usually very distinctive, I think I was more disappointed b/c my backyard has been taken over by mass amounts of seedlings due to an ..obsessive month or 2 on LA last year ..so I was trying to trade daylilies that I have similar ones.. and dont' think "I have a great..plant that MIGHT be pink..will interest many ppl.LOL" My mom and dad are visiting me and they're GREAT gardeners, so I was hoping to have tiny yard looking vibrant and artsy and just generally cleaned up b.f they get here.. and it's not going to happen. Maybe they'll feel sorry for me, their organizationally incompetent daughter and help. :)
newyorkrita
13 years ago
Ha, we all have lost labels and no IDs. Don't feel badly, I didn't even see any reason to label daylilies until I found this forum.

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