Hi Bob. Glad to see you have a computer now. I read your post, and one thought came to mind. You are already bumping elbows with the big wheels, and you have those patterns coming along. What about hybridizing do you not know? Maybe you are just happy to be involved here and are hoping to hear what everyone says. I want everyone here to know how great a guy you are. As solid a foundation you have in your life, you are the most open-minded, non-judgmental guy I know online. In the past, you have helped me to mainatin a positive attitude when I was about to lose the last bit of tolerance I have. The reason I seem to waste my time is that I have never been able to commit to daylilies. There were a few times, but each time a divorce changed all of that. Even now, I am in no position to make that commitment. I am one of those blue-collar guys, kinda artsy fartsy, kinda grease monkey. By the time I am financially independent, I will be hobbling along. This life has never been about me and my interests. Plus, there are so many people who know more than me about the daylily business. I am a novice. And, there really aren't that many people who care about a flower other than to enjoy them. If people go beyond that, then they cannot afford to make waves. So, bottom line, there is no need for me or my ideas. I am only trying to make things known so that at least I gave it a tiny bit of effort...a lame attempt to satisfy my conscience. I am ready to have my best bloom season ever. I am not sure I will even hybridize. It is way too much work. By the way, come up with a flower that has perfect color, a layered eye, and a toothy edge.

My idea of planning was when I would buy the daylilies over the winter for spring delivery. Then I would know they were all coming and would be out there as soon as it got warm enough to work creating new daylily beds. By the time the plants started to arrive the space was ready but boy oh boy was it lots of work and a scramble each spring. I would order so many they had to sit and soak anyway as I couldn't get them planted fast enough. This is the first spring I haven't done any of this as I have no more room and no where that a new gardenbed could possibly go. So a record for me, I didn't order any daylilies for this spring. Last fall I thought that would be horrible but I found that without being overworked in the spring as usual, I am really truely enjoying this spring.

Looks like your plans worked out pefectly, three days of daylily orders and three days of planting. I hope they all bloom for you this summer and clump up nicely. Love daylily bloom season! Glad to hear your iris should start soon, mine started this week. Honestly at least as many people grow and are crazy about iris as grow and are crazy about daylilies. I can't figgure out why the iris forum isn't as busy as this one is :-((

Like Betsy, I just leave mine in the pots till after they've bloomed unless it's early in my bloom season. Since you're in MN, it would probably be just fine to plant them. However, as Betsy stated, leave all the dirt around the roots and just dig a hole large enough to accomodate it. Be sure to tamp the dirt in good around the dl and water well, and I'm sure your dl's won't miss a beat. Post some photos when they're blooming. :) Jan