First of all a thank-you to you seniors on this thread who are making me feel young!
Totally agree that at some point available time, physical ability, and perhaps even desire may fade and become limiting factors. Lately all the work making new beds, re-mulching, and maintaining everything has, in truth, provided very beneficial exercise for me.
I have found that Preen has drastically reduced the number of hours I spend weeding. Have developed a deep, heart-felt appreciation for that stuff…
Spacing of daylilies is of particular interest to me. My previous experience with daylilies was only with a few cultivars such as ‘Rocket City’ and ‘Chicago Sunrise’. These beasts, for me anyway, almost immediately fill out 4’ clumps. So most of my daylily spacing has been 3’ or 4’, which may be a bit much. However, I really do want my daylilies to form big clumps of that size so they can wow me at their fullest potential. Have to believe that most of them will, at least eventually, be happy to oblige.
Another key factor for me is maintaining a proper balance within the landscape.
On the one hand, a couple areas of my place are totally dedicated to daylilies: a seedling bed and a bed of cultivars selected for hybridizing with.
On the other hand, with the majority of my place I am working to create a “normal” landscape. While I am definitely featuring a lot of daylilies, I still want to have a balance between daylilies and other perennials and shrubs. I want the daylilies to fit in with the landscape as a whole and so there would be a point where too many of them would look out of place. Definitely an exercise in self-control to limit the number of those beauties!
