Joy, do you know who John Rice is? Of Thoroughbred Daylilies? He has an interest in bamboo, has quite a bit of it. He also has a horticulture degree. I am sure if you emailed him, or called him, he would be happy to give you advice on it.

http://www.thoroughbreddaylili...

Jules, Yes, I do know who John Rice is. Thank you for the suggestion. I may just do that.

Joy

Oh, I do not need any for postage, I have a local friend that has some. I just thought I would ask more about it before planting it. Have you considered planting it in a large container, like a stock tank, barrel planters or even make a wooden planter or cement blocks -maybe with rocks on the bottom to help control the roots going out?

So sorry to hear about the bamboo Joy. Once you have it, you will always have it, I am afraid. Spreads by runners for the most part. Forests of it in its natural environment.

There are a very few that are well behaved. Internet searches. We have a bamboo company locally. I won't use it on estates though.

Hope those of you interested in companion plants have been enjoying the AHS JOURNAL articles BITE SIZE GARDENING. Just finished with the 3rd in the series for the spring issue. The last was on Tapestry (strong color) gardens and the next is on What to do with all those yellows!

One pic below from the Tapestry Garden

Are you all checking out CHA CHA's Garden of the week? She features someone's garden from someplace around the world (had England, Australia too)

Let me go look it up - how to get to her site. Then look under the intro for GARDEN OF THE WEEK on the right. It is small. I think there has been 6 so far this season.

http://www.daylilydiary.com/Ar...

lilylady said:Hope those of you interested in companion plants have been enjoying the AHS JOURNAL articles BITE SIZE GARDENING. Just finished with the 3rd in the series for the spring issue. The last was on Tapestry (strong color) gardens and the next is on What to do with all those yellows!

One pic below from the Tapestry Garden

I thought I would bring this thread back up, because this is one of my favorite things - exciting combinations of color and texture in plants that bloom with daylilies. I love the articles in AHS journal and I love the pictures of daylily combinations in the new Landscaping With Daylilies book. The only thing I would do differently in that book is to take out the chapter on perennials and replace it with more specific combinations of daylilies and perennials. I am going to check my photos and see what I have to add to this thread, but please, add your favorite combinations too!

Great thread! I have only put my daylilies in the mixed border, till now just putting them in the beds with the right colour. I have fewer in the area for mauve/ pink, and blues since most daylilies have too much yellow to look good in with the cool pastels. Good combinations are tricky as you need to know the timing of the flowering before you plant them, or else plant the companions once you know. I find daylilies can go anywhere, sun, shade, moist or dry soil, but the ones that come into bud really early in Spring need to be in a sheltered spot as late frosts destroy the flower buds. In my area the dormant varieties do best, and I like them in with early spring bulbs as they sprout up after the bulbs are finished flowering and help hide the dieing foliage of the bulbs later.

Last winter I spread some poppy seeds randomly on my dl bed and in the spring, it was beautiful.

I used papaver somniferum because it is an annual, and if I do not like the effect, I pull the plants before the seeds mature.

Most serious dl growers that I have observed in my state are hybridizers and they are only interested in placing the plants where it is convenient to pollinate. Most of their growing fields are devoted to raising their seedlings.

Next spring I will add some perennials that I will pull out if they do not work.

I'm finally starting to mix in a few different types of plants together with the daylilies.

In the full sun garden it is mostly Sea Thrift at the front border, Pinks, Sweet William, and Carnations (all Dianthus) between beds, and of course my husband's cactus :P lol:



The deep shade garden has Sea Thrift and Fuchsia, and since it is not accessible to the dogs, I can start to think about other plants to try out there without having to worry about toxicity:

Looks good, Tina.

Thanks Debra! It is humble, but it is home. And daylilies make it even more of a home for us.

Part of my daylily beds are situated so they can be walked around, and I have a row of Gaura planted behind the dayliles.

I purchased several Guara "pink fountain" plants from Walmart last year, and have discovered that a couple of them are pink fountain's parents. Gaura "pink siskayou (sp?)" which is a much darker color, and Gaura "white fountain."

Gaura thrives in full sun, and our second round of bloom is well underway, as the first picture shows. There are two more of them on the other side of an arbor that don't get any sun until after 12. These two are just barely starting their second round. (2nd photo).

Sorry - those pictures were much clearer in Photoshop.

My daughter, who lives 1/4 mile away - across a field, has had some Gaura like mine for two or three years. Hers are in shade until well after noon, and haven't even started their second round of bloom.

I like Gaura, but, of the dozen+ I've tried of four varieties, only one has survived more than a year. It is shaded in the afternoon, does well, and I also have it in with daylilies. Has variegated foliage, which is nice, too.

This thread is just what I was looking for! I will have to mark it "Watch".