Confusion in the garden
celeste/NH
5 years ago
There seems to be some confusion in my garden. Winter was brutal with heavy snow, spring was late, rainfall is nonexistent and everything is late this year. I've been lamenting that it will be even later than usual before my daylilies send up scapes (if you go by all the other plants/shrubs which are blooming late). I keep a journal each year and the earliest scape sighting was during the second week of June....and this was just the tiniest hint of a scape showing, not a full grown scape. So what a surprise when I walked about the gardens today and found 5 different daylilies with scapes! And TALL scapes all the way reaching up. Did they not get the memo?
This is Heavenly Fire Arrow, being a rebel
So, my daylilies are confused.....and now so am I.
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signet_gw(6b)
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Comments (5)I know exactly what you are referring to. In early spring, many big box stores sell these "bare root" perennials that could be mistaken for bulbs by novices. Some I have seen are ferns and clematis. These represent a very low cost way to get perennials, but they are not simple to get a good plant from. I have had the best luck with them by potting the bare roots up in a good quality potting soil following the package directions and then giving the plants lots of TLC for the first season. Thereafter, they are ready to go into the ground. I would caution newbies that just because you see these plants available is absolutely no guarantee that the plant will thrive in your climate. We in the south get all kinds of plant materials pawned off on us that have no chance at all of surviving more than one season, If that....See MoreVery, very confused about vegetable garden mulch
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Comments (4)The President is considered a pruning group 2. It will bloom on the old wood in the spring and then again later in the summer or fall on the new wood. You don't have to prune it at all or you can hard prune it every year depending on when you want your plant to bloom. Clematis are slow starters, so don't expect too much from it the first couple of years. A lot of clematis growers recommend you hard prune your clematis the first or second springs to encourage multiple branching. You may have to plant it where it gets afternoon shade in your hot climate. It is a very pretty clematis. I really love mine. I have mine growing with a golden jasmine. This is the rebloom on the new wood that is blooming in my garden now....See MoreBluegrass Gardens Daylily Farm Order Arrival (Pics)
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