We decided that the only way to reclaim the daylily bed from the bermuda grass was to dig them up, remove all the soil from the bed, then replace it with potting soil, replant them and wait for them to flourish again as they had in the past. Unfortunately, the weather was dry, dry, dry, but they held on, even though their bloom season left something to be desired, and I even worried that I was loosing some of them.
Well, we waited for another bloom season, and the waiting has paid off. I am excited to see some of the old ones back, and some of the newer ones coming into their own. It is not the show of bloom that I look forward to seeing in the future, but it is a start, and I am keeping my eye out for invasive weeds or bermuda grass!
My yellow ones have not bloomed yet, and I have a beautiful pink one, and a pink one with a wine-red eye that I am waiting to see again.
The day lilies came from a lily farm on highway 7 between Nacogdoches and Center, TX. Jack Carpenter was the owner when I bought my flowers and I have been so pleased with all that I purchased.
Recently he sold The Lily Farm to his nephew, and has decided to retire.
It is amazing to see all of the lovely colorful blooms in the acres of day lilies at The Lily Farm.
You can see the lilies there online at:
http://lilyfarm.com/
