7 weeks ago, I re-landscaped part of our front yard and added approximately 3 dozen daylilies that I purchased from out of state. Upon arrival, I potted up each daylily while waiting for the soil and temps to cool and then transplanted them to their final homes in the yard mid-November. Anyway, two days ago, my husband asked our yard man to put down some compost, aged manure and mulch and herein is where the problem lies. Although my husband was very clear not to get the soil additives on the plants, I went out to check the garden this afternoon (I did not look earlier due to flu and disability) and discovered that the yard man buried all of the daylilies approximately 12-16" deep - mostly in fresh horse manure!. I pulled back what I could and found each daylily is now limp and black. My husband and I just finished lifting and potting each daylily in new potting soil (thank goodness he just bought me another 10 bags yesterday) and they are resting in the greenhouse. I am very concerned that my daylilies are going to die as they look terrible!!! I have left the "foliage" on for now but was wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to what to do to help these guys out?
