Hi Seil, I agree with the above comments. One thing I didn't see mentioned is pH. Have you done a pH test? Roses prefer slightly acidic. 6.5 is ideal. Will still be happy in 6.3 to 6.8 range. You can buy a cheap pH Test Kit at any garden store. Some of the drug stores have them too. If your pH is too high or too low, it will lock up the nutrients so your roses can't get to them . . . even though you are feeding your roses. Water was mentioned as well. Rule of thumb is 2-3 gallons of water per week. Depending on the season and your climate, they may need more. Deep watering is best. Meaning don't water a little every day. (I made this mistake in the beginning). We want to encourage roots to go deep into the soil. Therefore, it's better to water twice or three times a week for a longer period. Also good to check the drainage. Roses don't like "wet feet". Easiest way to do this is to dig a hole (6" should do). Fill it with water either in the morning or evening. If the water has not drained within a few hours, you have a drainage issue. Can add 1/3 perlite or sand to help with this. It's a lot of info we've given you. It's hard to tell offhand what the issue is. Might be a combination. Just need to eliminate things one at a time. Hope this helps. Melanie

:o) Some thoughts before I join you in looking for those catalogs . . . 1. I'm probably one of the few that doesn't dab pollen (tried it once, couldn't get the seeds to germinate and figured I'd rather pay for someone else's trouble than wait three years to see a lousy creation of mine). 2. I agree, if I don't generally like the hybridizer's introductions. ;o) If I do, then they can intro as many as they want. 3. I'm in Michigan -- don't care about it. 4. I don't care for spiders, I DO like UFs, and it depends on the double. Once I saw in person a daylily with chicken fat edges, I decided I do like them after all. 5. I like this addiction. Talking about how good I've been NOT buying more expensive cultivars just makes me want them more. I'll stick with my present buying habits (lots of daylilies, but still haven't spent more than $75 for one). 6. Beautiful photos are terrific. But if someone loves daylilies enough to snap a terrible picture of one, and then posts it, I'm happy to look. I understand the need to share. 7. Couldn't agree more. 8. Ditto. 9. I'm in Michigan. What's rebloom? Just my opinions!

I bring them to work and give them to my co-workers. I do that with a lot of the extra divisions and seedling plants in the spring. This year I brought in 10 or so divisions of Siloam Doodlebug and 8 divisions of Snowy Eyes and a few of some others. I also bring in other plants, like Lady's mantle, iris, perennial geraniums and stuff. I hate composting perfectly good plants and I'm too lazy to sell them. Most of my co-workers are not die-hard gardeners like us and don't care about things like names and genetics - they're just happy to get a nice plant with neat flowers for free! I've been doing this for a few years and it's always fun to have people come back to me and rave over a plant I gave them a year or 2 ago.

I think a lot of daylily growers would tell you: It depends! Some cultivars are very vigorous growers and need dividing more often than others. Most can go at least 3-4 years w/o dividing. The general rule is: when a clump begins to decline - that is - produce fewer or smaller blooms - then it is time to divide. I have divided over 100 clumps during the past year. ( in this climate, the time to do that is spring and fall) Just since they've begun blooming this season I've noticed big clumps of KAREN'S CURLS, HEAVENLY CURLS and WIGGLE WORM. They have all been here maybe 5 years w/o being divided. All have plenty of blooms, but the blooms are much smaller than they were last year despite the fact that we have had more rain this year. Each has made a giant clump, and when I looked at the foliage, it too has declined in size. ( by that I mean each leaf has narrowed in size.) So this fall I will lift each of those giant clumps (and a few others that also need dividing badly) and take at least 1/2 of the existing clumps out, add some compost and new soil and replant them. They should be much happier next year! Often those which have recently been divided show more vigorous growth the next year. I have noticed that with quite a few recently divided clumps this season. There are always a few daylilies which resent being divided. SILOAM RALPH HENRY and LOLA BRANHAM come to mind. Either plant will sit for at least a year after being divided w/o doing a thing. There are some which just sulk for a while, then maybe 2-3 years later, they will take off.