At the site where an old house has been recently torn down and the groud leveled, I found these
plants lying bare-root on the surface (surrounding them were some growing from roots beneath the
ground. The roots start out long and narrow, but buldge out on the ends. Is this a perinnial
flower that I should keep and plant, or just some type of grass that I can toss?

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant2.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant3.jpg

They look like a day lily or similar plant.
They are definitely not a grass.

"Darren Garrison" wrote in message
...
At the site where an old house has been recently torn down and the groud
leveled, I found these
plants lying bare-root on the surface (surrounding them were some growing
from roots beneath the
ground. The roots start out long and narrow, but buldge out on the ends.
Is this a perinnial
flower that I should keep and plant, or just some type of grass that I can
toss?

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant2.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant3.jpg

Those are daylilies - nice healthy ones at that!
Cheryl

On 3/25/04 2:02 PM, in article ,
"MOM PEAGRAM" wrote:

They look like a day lily or similar plant.
They are definitely not a grass.

"Darren Garrison" wrote in message
...
At the site where an old house has been recently torn down and the groud
leveled, I found these
plants lying bare-root on the surface (surrounding them were some growing
from roots beneath the
ground. The roots start out long and narrow, but buldge out on the ends.
Is this a perinnial
flower that I should keep and plant, or just some type of grass that I can
toss?

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant2.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant3.jpg

You may have hit the jackpot.

Those are Daylily (Hemerocallis) plants. There are many fine flowered
Daylily cultivars out there.

http://www.daylilies.org/AHSfaq1.html

Plant them and see what the flowers look like.

If you don't like them, you can always dig them up and discard them later.



"Darren Garrison" wrote in message
...
At the site where an old house has been recently torn down and the groud
leveled, I found these
plants lying bare-root on the surface (surrounding them were some growing
from roots beneath the
ground. The roots start out long and narrow, but buldge out on the ends.
Is this a perinnial
flower that I should keep and plant, or just some type of grass that I can
toss?

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant2.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant3.jpg

You should divide them a bit & plant them right now. That way, in the
distant future, when YOUR house is torn down, these flowers will still be
there.

-paghat the ratgirl

"Darren Garrison" wrote in message
...
At the site where an old house has been recently torn down and the groud
leveled, I found these
plants lying bare-root on the surface (surrounding them were some growing
from roots beneath the
ground. The roots start out long and narrow, but buldge out on the ends.
Is this a perinnial
flower that I should keep and plant, or just some type of grass that I can
toss?

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant2.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant3.jpg

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/

There are many fine flowered
Daylily cultivars out there.


But more likely to be the common orange roadside daylily, suitable for
stabilizing mine tailings.

dayliles, and since I love them all, even if they ARE the common orange
kind, you might have hit the jackpot and have the triple variety. Don't
divide them so you'll have flowers this year........
madgardener zone 7, Sunset zone 36 Eastern Tennessee
"IntarsiaCo" wrote in message
...
There are many fine flowered
Daylily cultivars out there.


But more likely to be the common orange roadside daylily, suitable for
stabilizing mine tailings.

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:12:33 GMT, "Cereus-validus"
wrote:

"Darren Garrison" wrote

At the site where an old house has been recently torn down and the groud
leveled, I found these
plants lying bare-root on the surface (surrounding them were some growing
from roots beneath the
ground. The roots start out long and narrow, but buldge out on the ends.

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant2.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/plant3.jpg


You may have hit the jackpot.

Those are Daylily (Hemerocallis) plants. There are many fine flowered
Daylily cultivars out there.

http://www.daylilies.org/AHSfaq1.html

Plant them and see what the flowers look like.

If you don't like them, you can always dig them up and discard them later.

Very healthy-looking daylilies, too. Try and separate the individual
plants and get 'em in the ground. The flowers (and buds) are edible,
too.

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:13:04 GMT, Frogleg wrote:

Very healthy-looking daylilies, too. Try and separate the individual
plants and get 'em in the ground. The flowers (and buds) are edible,
too.

I seperated out the individual plants from the clusters (resisting the urge to snap off each swollen
segment) and ended up with a dozen plants. I've already planted them in a raised bed that I had
just today finished prepairing but hadn't yet decided what to plant in it. Thanks for all of the
quick and helpful replies-- I didn't want to plant them only to find later that it was some kind of
uninteresting weed. (I was thinking that it was SOME type of lily as the roots looked similar to
some foxtail lily roots I had seen on QVC, but so far I hadn't been able to google up a picture that
matched).

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:49:33 -0500, "madgardener"
wrote:

dayliles, and since I love them all, even if they ARE the common orange
kind, you might have hit the jackpot and have the triple variety. Don't
divide them so you'll have flowers this year.......

?? Dividing daylilies doesn't prevent them from blooming, AFAIK. It's
not as if you're 'weakening' one plant by cutting off bits. You're
just separating mature plants to give them a new home. Did you look
at the photos? The roots are already out of the ground (a big problem
in my clay soil) and the OP only has to disentangle the roots, not cut
through any essential structure.

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:49:33 -0500, "madgardener"
wrote:

dayliles, and since I love them all, even if they ARE the common orange
kind, you might have hit the jackpot and have the triple variety. Don't
divide them so you'll have flowers this year.......

?? Dividing daylilies doesn't prevent them from blooming, AFAIK. It's
not as if you're 'weakening' one plant by cutting off bits. You're
just separating mature plants to give them a new home. Did you look
at the photos? The roots are already out of the ground (a big problem
in my clay soil) and the OP only has to disentangle the roots, not cut
through any essential structure.

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:49:33 -0500, "madgardener"
wrote:

dayliles, and since I love them all, even if they ARE the common orange
kind, you might have hit the jackpot and have the triple variety. Don't
divide them so you'll have flowers this year.......

?? Dividing daylilies doesn't prevent them from blooming, AFAIK. It's
not as if you're 'weakening' one plant by cutting off bits. You're
just separating mature plants to give them a new home. Did you look
at the photos? The roots are already out of the ground (a big problem
in my clay soil) and the OP only has to disentangle the roots, not cut
through any essential structure.

So, one of the (it turned out to be) daylilies has just opened it's first bloom today, and it is one
of the orange ones, but it has THREE layers! Check it out:

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...lytriple_1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...lytriple_2.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...lytriple_3.jpg

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:58:33 -0500, Darren Garrison wrote:

At the site where an old house has been recently torn down and the groud leveled, I found these
plants lying bare-root on the surface (surrounding them were some growing from roots beneath the
ground. The roots start out long and narrow, but buldge out on the ends. Is this a perinnial
flower that I should keep and plant, or just some type of grass that I can toss?

they are beautiful!
thanks for the pictures!

--
rosie
http://www.infoshout.com/the_toll.htm
http://www.truthout.org/











"Darren Garrison" wrote in message
news : So, one of the (it turned out to be) daylilies has just opened
it's first bloom today, and it is one
: of the orange ones, but it has THREE layers! Check it out:
:
: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...lytriple_1.jpg
: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...lytriple_2.jpg
: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...lytriple_3.jpg
:
: On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:58:33 -0500, Darren Garrison
wrote:
:
: At the site where an old house has been recently torn down and
the groud leveled, I found these
: plants lying bare-root on the surface (surrounding them were some
growing from roots beneath the
: ground. The roots start out long and narrow, but buldge out on
the ends. Is this a perinnial
: flower that I should keep and plant, or just some type of grass
that I can toss?
:

"Darren Garrison" wrote in message
news
So, one of the (it turned out to be) daylilies has just opened it's first
bloom today, and it is one
of the orange ones, but it has THREE layers! Check it out:

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...lytriple_1.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...lytriple_2.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/garrison...lytriple_3.jpg

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:58:33 -0500, Darren Garrison
wrote:

At the site where an old house has been recently torn down and the groud
leveled, I found these
plants lying bare-root on the surface (surrounding them were some growing
from roots beneath the
ground. The roots start out long and narrow, but buldge out on the ends.
Is this a perinnial
flower that I should keep and plant, or just some type of grass that I
can toss?


Luck you! Nice daylilies.