When you dig up clumps of daylilies, it is best to trim back the foliage a litle bit. Since they lose a bit of the roots when you dig, it helps them adjust better if you remove some foliage to compensate for the trauma to the roots. I NEVER dig with a shovel, but always use a garden fork ( pitch fork). That helps not to damage the roots as much. Trim the foliage back by about 6" after digging. Do NOT overwater!! Water once very thoroughly after transplanting and trimming, and then only water about twice a week until the plants have adjusted. Hope this helps!

I moved four daylilies today and still have more to do. I had to remove the last row of the three rows in put in that big planterbox bed I have in my front yard. I put two rows of daylilies along the front and one in back That was last spring. By fall I could see that the row along the back wasn't going to work out. Made it too narrow for walking up there and they were only first year plants. So I moved half the row last fall then ran out of time. So I figgured I would move the rest this spring. Besides last fall I had no idea were I could actually move them too! I am planning on putting some annuals in there for summer long color. Also in the fall I plan to plant bulbs in there, daffodils and tulips. I got a later start on the daylily project as I was cleaning out all my ponds first. I put the filter and pump in the big stocktank pond and stated running that. The water was the dirtiest I have ever had it but I just scooped all the leaves and junk that fell in overwinter as best I could and started the pump and filter. I had bought a new filter the other day so I could do this. Tomorrow I will change the filter again as it should have sucked up much of the mess by then. I do so love that biggest pond I put in afew falls ago. Another one of my projects but it's one of my favorites. I also planted afew lily bulbs and an going out now to plant some more.

Floota's photos have led me down the buying path many times. (Kind of like Rita's and Debra's) Rose F Kennedy, Hyacinth Macaw, Blue ridge Memories (I am pretty sure that was Floota). Her garden is stunning and her photos are magnificent! And so lifelike. Avelon, I already have Purple Honey Creeper, Cerulean Warbler, Ada Mae Musick, Asian Fairy Bluebird and Bird Talk...yes, like the China and tea roses, Lambertsons do well here, so I buy his. Leif and Liege, one of my sun starveds was a bonus plant from him. I do like Baby Blue Eyes, but I tend in that direction. kay

I looked in on the day lily forum to enquire if it to late to move day lilies. I am just outside of Toronto A little further north made up a new bed a very large bed earlier in the summer Have been moving things into it off and on, sort of when they finish blooming Yet have many daylilies to move Was thinking it is to late and I would leave them til next year, but this note might indicate, it is not. Would like to get the job finished this year Thanks for any opinions