Hi, Christine. Arn't we having ususually nice weather this fall here in NS? Better than June was. Several of my DL's just finished their blooms[Betty WW was one]...Dublain Elaine is just finishing. Stella Stars has come back again[what a workhorse]. Rosy Returns is still going along with Stella D'or, Happy Returns and Little Winecup is going strong. Etched Eyes almost rotted away after this bad winter but now has two strong scapes. I'll let it bloom once and then cut the scapes[just to make sure it isn't Party Prince[which I may have lost]...Flowershop has just stopped blooming but another Creamy Munson[forget the name] has been reblooming for the past week....At least the cool weather should stop the mosquitoes, cheers, lloyd

I have some of the daylilies you mention why haven't mine rebloomed (pouting)

Hi, Mikeandbarb. Did you have very dry weather? Most of Nova Scotia runs in zone5a to zone 5b with the southern tip having a zone6. Still here in zone 5 we probably have a colder wetter sping, shorter summer and earlier fall than your plants are experiencing. Some of these rebloomers are older dormants....but I think it is the quality of the fall that determines our rebloom here in our zone 5. I know my reblooming German Iris never rebloom unless we've had enought rain during the summer...The age of the plants along with their soil could be a factor. Here we're growing in a heavy clay topsoil...do you have a sandy loam? Clay will hold moisture longer...cheers, lloyd

For a change this year we had a very wet spring through mid summer then it all stopped. The ones in the front yard are in sandy loam but I keep them watered. Back in the spring I had a lot of aphids and some of the leaves were deformed and they bloomed very late where other peoples daylilies were blooming. I caved in a gave them a shot of fertilizer that has something it to keep aphids off after that they bloomed. Where I try to be organic the aphids just would not leave.
In the back yard the soil is clay but I've added compost, this bed had not had any daylilies in it till this year and one's I'd gotten from a local swap only one tiny fan bloomed twice this summer. Some of the other daylilies I got in the trade have not bloomed but the fans are really getting big and healthy looking so next year I hope to see what they are cause the person that gave them to me had no name on them.

I'm blaming some of the lack of blooms on very little sun in the spring up into July it was cloudy most days or partly cloudy and by the time the sun came out it was past the bed where the daylilies are.

I've never had the lack of blooms before like I have this year and some are new but still my stella O'dor has been in the bed for four years and it looks like it's getting smaller instead of larger, not spreading.

The Banana daylilies I have spread like wildfire but little bloom this year. It's only their second year but I'm wondering if they need to be thinned out?

Barb

Hi Barb. I do believe the daylily buds are affected by the amount of or lack of sun as they develop....ever notice how the color can be better some years? I'm blaming it all on the weather..LOL... Newly planted DL's can take awhile to establish but are you zone 8? Stella D'or needs to go dormant and maybe its too warm over the winter. What can others grow in your area? What do the local nurseries carry? Can you grow the fancy Southern pretties with no problem? Many of the southern plants simply don't survive a winter up here. But Reckamp/Klehms are happy...cheers, lloyd

Hi Lloyd,

I live in North part of Texas USA and we do get two months of cold weather in the low 30's to 20's and all of my established daylilies are dormant's purchased local or trades at a local swap meet. Dormant's have done great here.

Our problem can be warm winters sometimes there have been times in February it was warm enough to be outside to work on the gardens, here in February we trim back our roses so be it warm or cold the have to get outside if we want our roses to bloom in spring.

Then we can have a very cold winter starting in November with snow or ice but warming back up in a few days to 70 and even 80 degrees but as a rule it doesn't stay warm long enough for the daylilies to come out of dormancy.

Most of the new daylilies I purchased are EV or SEV not wanting to take a risk buying from out of state. Also I purchased from vendors in the same zone as mine and they sell 99% EV or SEV.

Glad you have a few blooms.I have some scapes,but the temp is going down.Don't know if they will mature fast enough in the cooler weather,but I'm hoping!

Betsy

While cleaning up some of the flower bed today I noticed another scape on one of my daylilies.