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- transplant daylilies
- The main reasons for transplanting
- Finding the perfect location
- The best time to implement
- Excavate and divide daylily
- Plant daylily (s) afresh
- Tips & Tricks
Daylilies are robust and survive the transplanting mostly unscathed
transplant daylilies
Sometimes the best fertilizer helps nothing and the daylily leads a meager existence. Maybe she can not be pleased with her plant neighbors? Or you have planted the daylily in a shady location? Then a Umpflanzaktion helps!
Ornamental perennials Lily Daylily
title: Courage to action - transplant daylilies
The main reasons for transplanting
As a rule, daylilies are transplanted if:
Finding the perfect location
Daylilies preferably grow in a warm to moderately cool and bright place. For daylilies with bright flowers full sun locations are well suited. For daylilies with dark flowers, partially shaded locations are the better choice. There, the flower colors fade less quickly by the incoming sunlight.
The best time to implement
Daylilies should be transplanted before budding or immediately after flowering. If you miss the right time, you can transplant these robust plants in the summer. Usually they survive the procedure unscathed.
Excavate and divide daylily
First, you should carefully dig up the daylily with a digger fork or small shovel.Take care not to hurt the root! After the root is lifted out, it should be cleaned. Then it is advisable to divide it into fist-sized pieces. On the one hand it helps to multiply this plant and on the other hand gives the old plant more strength again.
Plant daylily (s) afresh
Now it depends on the site:
For a better settling in the new place, the leaves should be shortened to 15 cm. In addition, it is important that in the beginning no competitors from the plant world disturb. For 2 weeks should be watered regularly.
Tips & Tricks
Do not worry if the daylily does not bloom after the transplanting campaign. Often, after such stress, she takes a break from flowering or less flowers.