I got one plant so far that has major rust on a new plant this year - Tusk - so I tossed it - it was completely covered on all leaves. I did get it from the south. I have purchased many daylilies from southern growers and see no other rusty plants this year. And I can say that I received 2 plants in May from Lalambchop1 and they are looking good and growing great and do not have rust!
Last year a bunch of plants got rust from one plant, however, I cut it down and no rust seen on it this year - it is called Blue Me Away - it has not grown at all and I have never seen it bloom so it will be tossed next year if I see no change. I am in zone 5, so I don't really worry about rust too much, but it is very ugly. I worry more about Evergreens making it through winter. I have more issues with crown rot than rust. So, we all have our issues. And something is chomping on my blooms so when they open they have pieces missing. I have seen large ants all over the blooms - could it be ants? I thought bunnies, but they could not reach my tall daylilies so they are ruled out. I did see a slug on a dying bloom this AM. Could it be slugs?
I did purchase Green Magic from the Ebay seller that claims it will remove rust from daylilies. I will try it if any other rusty plants show up. It has other uses so I thought it would be worth trying as I can use it for other cleaning as well.
