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beckygardener said:Regina - I don't know if this is helpful or not, but ... During the heat of summer, many of my daylilies will go semi-dormant to cope with the hot temperatures, lack of enough water, and intense sun. But under the soil is a party going on as the roots have not stopped growing and spreading outward. I know that may not be true of all cultivars, but it sure is true of most of the daylilies I grow in my heat stressed garden beds. When the summer temps decline, then I often see new leaf growth on mine. Smaller plants (1-2 fans) seem to be most likely to do this, as they aren't big enough to provide a lot of shade beneath them to keep their roots cool. Just a thought ....

Becky, thanks for the info--I have this happen sometime here in SC, too. The plants I spoke of were just not great from the start.

I started a new bed, and planted all my new ones (from different sources) together in that bed. I figured if they needed to be treated for anything, it would be easy to have them all together in one place. After getting the bed completed and a couple of weeks had passed, you could tell without looking at tags which ones came from a certain grower. It is just a case of live and learn on my part; I saved all the plants but one (Angel Rodgers) and it will be easy to replace next year, if I still want it.

Now, after a few months of growth, I'm finally seeing some new leaves and healthier looking plants. It's starting to look like a flower bed now and not just sprigs of grass sticking up

Now I need some other perennials to plant in around my daylilies I'm going to check out the clearance racks at the big box stores for that!