Viewing post #924744 by admmad

sooby said:When I've done this before, and it's years ago now, it would most likely have been with plants I purchased potted, at least some of them from local daylily sellers so they wouldn't have been shipped.

I don't know why it would have worked for me and not you, unless it has to do with the origin of the plants, and/or the media used, and/or winter rainfall frequency or amount, and/or difference in native soil. It is sandy loam here, am I correct in thinking you're on clay?

The plants were shipped from the U.S.; it was a substantial order and I lost nearly all of them. It was when I was in Georgetown, unreliable snow cover but fairly good topsoil (triple mix added to what the builder left as topsoil - which was not high in clay) in that particular bed. The plants would have been protected by a cedar hedge on one edge of the bed.