Transplanting lilies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plantprofile_daylily.shtml

Hemerocallis.

You know where I think you should go for advice about this :wink:

They're pretty easy to transplant. Chop off everything about 8" above the ground (just leave enough to grab comfortably) - get a very very sharp spade and chop chop chop the roots (this is not a delicate plant - lots of gardeners consider the orange ones weed plants - and they're a common garden escape) into pullable clumps.

You can literally throw them on the ground where you want them to grow and they'll get going.

Spring is best for transplanting them, but I haven't had any trouble with summer or autumn moves. If you're doing it right now, just make sure they don't get burned by the sun before they settle in - you may even get a second round of flowers this season.

Great! Thanks so much.

How do I avoid having them be burned by the sun? They'll be in a semi-shady spot (I thought they wanted full sun, but the ones in the back are in almost full shade and seem fine, and the other neighborhood slope is part shade like where I'll be putting them).

Since the spot they now occupy is one of the few relatively sunny ones in my yard, I may even dig up the lot of them and put something else there -- maybe finally a spot for lavender!

I'll probably start small, though, see how it goes.

You shouldn't have any trouble if they're going to a semi-sun/shade spot.

If they're going into full sun, they just (in my experience) need a bit of protection from the mid-day sun for a coupla weeks.

They're really one of the most wonderfully hardy plants. There are folks over at T :wink: that have hundreds of varieties of them.

Yep, I love daylilies. I knew they were some sort of daylily (well, didn't know for sure, thought they may be too tall), but still not sure what specific kind.

I've really liked Stella D'Oro for a long time, will probably put them somewhere eventually.

Good news about likelihood of NOT burning, thanks!

They are also known as "Philadelphia lilies" and were planted by the Quakers as a symbol of peace and harmony.

I understand in Northern Ireland they are beloved of the Orangemen and signal Protestant superiority.

a few of the variants from my backyard (mostly high high sun) - this year, some of the orange ones are on stalks about 5' tall - a bit startling

Oh wow! Just beautiful!

Yeah, the orangies reached amazing heights this year, taller than usual I think. I have a few 5-footers myself, most in the 3-4 foot range.

Thanks for the info, Noddy, you bottomless fount you.

I can't emphasize enough the importance of a very sharp spade - and I'd recommend wearing serious workboots for jumping up and down on the spade when you're dividing/removing the clumps. Hemerocallis has very stubborn roots.

tranplanting lilies
Hi. I have these crazy, really TALL lilies that I planted a few years ago in front of my floor to ceiling kitchen window. They look like Easter lilies but some are pink. I bought 'em out of a catalog. I had no idea they would grow so tall. This year they are easily 7 feet tall. Stunning and fragrant as all get out! So now they are really blocking the view. They are just finishing blooming. Looks like no more flowers and the stems and leaves are really green still. My questions are: how and when should I transplant them and if I wait until next year, can I cut them back even though they are still green? Will that mess them up for blooming next year?
Thanks!

Here's where you should go for advice :

AHS Q&A (right, ehbeth ?) :wink:

Regarding lillies resilience....

I had a tenent living in my house in 1992 and 1993. At some point she planted some type of lilly next to the walkway, just a few.

I have never watered them, cut them, fertilized.....nothin. They live in rock hard clay.

They've had a dumpster run over them and crushed for about 9 months. They had workmen trample and dump all sorts of stuff on and around them. They've had stair literally built over them.

It's 2006 and they still came up this spring.

I wouldn't worry too much.

Sun and lillies: planted 25 bulbs this spring and got only two blossoms: lillies don't like 60°C (due to the wall behind them): all burnt.

A couple of lilies, however came out very well ... weeks earlier, before the heatwave, planted 5, 6 years ago.

Chefterp - is this an Easter Lily to you?




It's a different critter from the daylily and needs different handling.

http://www.lilies.org/culture.html

we planted some 'asian lilies' about ten years ago - very beautiful ... but the beetles made a meal of them over the years - none left .
the daylilies , you can't kill them - they'll kill you (trying to subdivide them ).
hbg

Lilies
Yes, mine look like Easter lilies, not daylilies, but they are HUGE! Very tall! Some are white, some have shades of pink. I am just going to transplant them and hope they will be fine. Thanks