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Aug 26, 2018 6:01 PM CST
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Name: Jonathan Whitinger
Grapevine, TX (Zone 8a)
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'Nyiragongo' is a dormant diploid introduced in 2003 by Mahieu.

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Nyiragongo') .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Nyiragongo')
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Aug 27, 2018 2:45 AM CST

Hi Everyone,

I have just got an allotment and I want to prepare the soil to grow potates, onions, cabbage,cauliflower all the basic, what type of soil would suit the lot or best soil for each one, manure, blood fish and bone, chicken pellets etc, please.

Thanks

Walter
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Aug 27, 2018 10:30 PM CST
Name: Diana
Lincoln, NE (Zone 5b)
Daylilies Region: Nebraska Organic Gardener Dog Lover Bookworm
Got this one last fall from stilldew. Ended up with two plantings of it, side by side. Smaller flowered, lovely colors. Didn't set a pod this year. Can't wait to see it in bigger clumps...

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Aug 28, 2018 6:24 AM CST
Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
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@WESTHOFF,
Welcome to the Daylily Forum. I am going to suggest your post be moved to the Soil and Compost forum. This particular thread is really just for comments on the daylily 'Nyiragongo'.
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Aug 28, 2018 4:45 PM CST
Name: Donald
Eastland county, Texas (Zone 8a)
Raises cows Enjoys or suffers hot summers Region: Texas Plant Identifier
My plants grow in large containers. This one freely produces scapes so it makes a nice clump. I haven't really counted or measured, but it doesn't reach the registered height or approach the registered bud count, though it grows well above the foliage for a nice display. It generally blooms for about six weeks and has rebloomed giving blooms in September that year. It has set pods readily for me and also using the pollen, though the pollen route hasn't been used as much. The mahogany bloom with intense gold heart is very distinctive. I don't have any other daylilies with comparable colors.

My conditions here tend to be not very plant friendly to most plants. I was reminded harshly of that this year. Early on, 'Nyiragongo' showed some weakness in its growth and I moved it where it sits in a tub with a few inches of water and gets a lot of shade after the early morning hours. It recovered and bloomed well, though shorter than usual. It currently looks quite healthy. Growing the plants in large containers combined with the climate here make me hesitate to give too broad an endorsement of how a plant may grow otherwise. I particularly don't like to use a broad brush if it hasn't done well for me. This one has grown and bloomed well for a while now, but it has had care to ensure that it has the chance due to the distinctive colors. It did okay this year with the help.

Here's a photo from this year. The container holding the plant is sitting in one of those yellow cattle tubs showing behind the blooms. They hold about 16 gallons of water.
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Aug 29, 2018 9:20 PM CST
Name: Diana
Lincoln, NE (Zone 5b)
Daylilies Region: Nebraska Organic Gardener Dog Lover Bookworm
Stilldew shared this one with me last fall. I have two nice clumps and both bloomed this year. Apparently every picture I took was in the rain and or blurry so no pix to share.

Nice blooms, opened well. I didn't get pod set this year, and didn't use the pollen. Scapes were not very tall, and blooms were about 4". Hoping next spring's blooms are as pretty and more plentiful...
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