Viewing post #871831 by dorab

LizinElizabeth said:I haven't given up entirely, Mary Stella, just lowered my expectations for this year! I've already ordered another 60 or so for this fall! I know I lost a few this year but the vast majority are soldiering on, looking beaten but not completely broken...Daylilies are looking pretty and green, though! Looks like they're the only type along with penstemons and agastaches that made it through the rain/hail/rain/tornados nearby cycle with no damage. Lilies are browning and bent and hostas are shredded.

Another 60 peonies? That's going to be gorgeous.
In my experience plants with long narrow leaves like daylilies, or iris make it through moderate hail quite well, and there is some recovery when it happens early in the season,
although it's hard to make it back from being pounded into mulch and down to the ground.