I bought some potted daylilies and siberian iris at the local nursery,
cheap. The flower bed is not really ready for them yet, but there's a bed
in the vegetable garden that's better soil anyway. Can I plant them in the
garden now, and then transplant them in the spring? Or do they need to
spend a year in the ground where I put them. I really need to get them
outta these nursery pots. I'm in zone 4.

Thanks, regards,
Bob

I bought some potted daylilies and siberian iris at the local nursery,
cheap. The flower bed is not really ready for them yet, but there's a bed
in the vegetable garden that's better soil anyway. Can I plant them in the
garden now, and then transplant them in the spring? Or do they need to
spend a year in the ground where I put them. I really need to get them
outta these nursery pots. I'm in zone 4.

They will do fine if you plant them now, and transplant them in the spring.
Both are among the most forgiving of plants.

Wendy
Sequim, WA (Zone 8)

On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 21:25:59 -0500, zxcvbob
wrote:

I bought some potted daylilies and siberian iris at the local nursery,
cheap. The flower bed is not really ready for them yet, but there's a bed
in the vegetable garden that's better soil anyway. Can I plant them in the
garden now, and then transplant them in the spring? Or do they need to
spend a year in the ground where I put them. I really need to get them
outta these nursery pots. I'm in zone 4.

As another poster wrote, both are hardy and forgiving. No experience
with zone 4, but both can survive in pots here for some time. You
might require cold protection to overwinter 'above ground' there. Even
if they get well-established in the veg spot, they shouldn't be too
difficult to transplant in spring. The foliage of both dies back in
winter, so Mark That Spot and watch for emerging shoots in spring.

Frogleg wrote:
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 21:25:59 -0500, zxcvbob
wrote:


I bought some potted daylilies and siberian iris at the local nursery,
cheap. The flower bed is not really ready for them yet, but there's a bed
in the vegetable garden that's better soil anyway. Can I plant them in the
garden now, and then transplant them in the spring? Or do they need to
spend a year in the ground where I put them. I really need to get them
outta these nursery pots. I'm in zone 4.


As another poster wrote, both are hardy and forgiving. No experience
with zone 4, but both can survive in pots here for some time. You
might require cold protection to overwinter 'above ground' there. Even
if they get well-established in the veg spot, they shouldn't be too
difficult to transplant in spring. The foliage of both dies back in
winter, so Mark That Spot and watch for emerging shoots in spring.


These look like they've been in the pots too long already. I need to
get them in the ground so I can get 'em healthy again before the ground
freezes.

Best regards,
Bob

Hi Bob

You can heel the plants in. Water as per normal. Transplant when the
permanent bed is ready.

Derryl in Zone 3A


I bought some potted daylilies and siberian iris at the local nursery,
cheap. The flower bed is not really ready for them yet, but there's a bed
in the vegetable garden that's better soil anyway. Can I plant them in the
garden now, and then transplant them in the spring? Or do they need to
spend a year in the ground where I put them. I really need to get them
outta these nursery pots. I'm in zone 4.

Thanks, regards,
Bob

Daylilies are very forgiving and usually do not mind being moved. Siberians are
more temperamental and it takes a year or two for them to settle down and
bloom. Randy

zxcvbob wrote:

I bought some potted daylilies and siberian iris at the local nursery,
cheap. The flower bed is not really ready for them yet, but there's a bed
in the vegetable garden that's better soil anyway. Can I plant them in the
garden now, and then transplant them in the spring? Or do they need to
spend a year in the ground where I put them. I really need to get them
outta these nursery pots. I'm in zone 4.

Thanks, regards,
Bob

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