"Gill Passman" wrote in message
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Koi-Lo wrote:
Moments before spontaneously combusting Fred Hall at
was heard opining:

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:42:33 -0600, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:


"Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
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Lo and behold some of the day lilies and cannas sprouted

underwater, and are still surviving today even though the water has
receded. (I mostly planted day lilies, cannas, iris, elephant ears
and stuff. I'd planted some last year and the deer didn't eat them
and they seemed to thrive even with my neglect.)

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I've not had luck trying to grow daylilies in wet soil. They seem
to like damp soil with good drainage.


Same here in Zone 8. Our soil is brick-hard, red clay. Fortunately,
day lillies, at least here, will grow and bloom when laid directly on
top of the ground. Usually though, I throw a bit of compost on top of
them.

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Brick-hard reddish brown clay is what we have as well. I've dug in tons
of compost we make ourselves with the help of a chipper-shredder. For
the flowerbeds I also added loads of "bought" cow manure, sulfur,
Ironite, sand, bone meal, blood meal and general fertilizers. The soil
here is poor droughty gladevill soil. When dry it's like concrete, when
wet it's like mustard.

We had to totally redo the berm with rebar and cement around our 2000g
pond because the sides were collapsing and sinking. Now it looks like
the 800g one is next.

My experience with Day Lilies is much the same as Fred's is - and my soil
is clay as well. I add very little when planting them other than a little
bit of compost.
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Daylilies are one of the few garden perennials that live for us. But
without some additions their flowers are sparse and less colorful. Some red
clay soils are fertile and some aren't. Our soil is thin, lacks topsoil
(with it's organic matter) and isn't very fertile. This was woodland over
limestone, mostly limestone. Some people had to have their septic lines
blasted out with dynamite. I sure miss that rich black sandy soil I had in
NY. It grew almost anything you planted.....
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