Which care do daylilies need?

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• Which care do daylilies need?
• Do daylilies survive periods of drought?
  
• Do you need to fertilize daylilies?
• Should you protect them from frost?
  
• How can daylilies be rejuvenated / multiplied?
  
• Is there a risk of disease or pest infestation?
  
• Tips & Tricks

Which care do daylilies need?

They are true blossom beauties. Some of them smell wonderfully exotic. But to keep daylilies fit, they need some care. What can be dispensed with and which procedures are urgently needed?

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Do daylilies survive periods of drought?

Thanks to their fleshy roots, daylilies survive dry periods. But this is assuming that they have grown properly. Freshly planted specimens should be kept slightly moist in the root area. A thick layer of mulch is recommended to prevent the soil from drying out.

Who does not want to give up a rich flowering, should pour his day lilies regularly, especially between April and June. During this period, daylilies need more water.Both rainwater and calcareous tap water can be used for watering.

Do you need to fertilize daylilies?

To maintain the daylilies in addition to the pouring moderately fertilizing. From the 2nd year on, daylilies in the bed should be fertilized once a year. Ideally, the fertilizer is applied in May and at the latest in June. They are suitable among others:

Should you protect them from frost?

Daylilies are good frost hardy and need no protection from low temperatures. In any case, if you bring your daylily under the ground in autumn, it is advisable to protect it in the first winter with a thick mulch layer of bark, leaves or brushwood.

How can daylilies be rejuvenated / multiplied?

Daylilies should be rejuvenated when their flower abundance subsides. They are divided as follows:

Is there a risk of disease or pest infestation?

As a rule, daylilies are not attacked by diseases or pests. In case of care mistakes root rot can occur and sometimes day-lily gallmuck home the flower buds, in order to destroy them. The gall bladder is eliminated by cutting off and disposing of the affected buds.

Tips & Tricks

Cut dried flowers away if you do not want the daylily to produce seeds that rob it of extra strength.