I have read this forum and find it interesting. Lots of questions and concerns about daylily health from rust and pests makes me feel fortunate. Our daylilies look great. They are very large plants just doing fantastic. We planted seedlings in the garden very late last fall and just before winter and they survived at well over 90%. It takes two years to bloom seedlings but we have been growing seedling since 2009 so we see new blooms every year. Daylilies have been grown by my family for many years and we have only seen rust one time in our zone 7a gardens and we brought it in from purchasing a couple of plants in the spring that started it. It never came back after that year.
We are folks farther north. (about 200 miles)
Yesterday we had 3 tornadoes touch down and do some damage within 3 miles of our house. The wind blew 60-70+ mph for a while and we have tree and limb damage, there was some hail but not enough for any hail damage, it rained 1.5 inches, and we had a 4.0 earthquake that was centered 7 miles away that gave the house a pretty good shake. I left for work while still dark so I will have to check more on the damage later. But most important things as they are, the daylilies are setting early scapes and doing great, looking as good as I can recall. We are looking forward to blooms and hybridizing. We want to see the new seedlings that will bloom this year.
