I had a dozen daylilies in pots last fall. Planned to get them planted this spring. Stuck them in my garage, which stays about 40 degrees all winter. Then they got bugs & rust showed up. So I stuck those pots outside in a well protected area. (local daylily society sale had some rust apparently)
Spring blew in with that month long early heat wave and rain, then it got frigid again in April - and I lost every single potted daylily. Never again will I overwinter a daylily in a pot. I have since been told if I tipped those pots on their side they would have been fine. I also think that if I had been able to keep them in my garage over the winter they would have been fine- my parsley did great all winter there with occasional water and the southern sun coming in the windows. But the only way to get rid of the bugs and rust, was to let that stuff freeze. And I didn't think I should pull the pots back inside after allowing that.
So my current potted daylilies will be planted within the month, even if I move them again next spring. I am not going through that again.
