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Oct 4, 2015 7:47 PM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
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No blooms here, but hopefully next year I will see some late bloomers.

I spent several weekends building, painting, filling with pine fines & soil, and planting my newest acquired daylilies. I went from having NO named & registered daylilies to now having 49 ... all were obtained within the past year (with most of them received this Spring & Summer with a few others received recently this Fall).

First let me say I was amazed at the root growth and the additional fans that have appeared since I received most of these daylilies. They have all been growing in nursery pots (some for almost a year in those pots).

Here's the potted daylilies sitting in their new raised beds:

This is the larger raised bed. Yes! I did squeeze 41 daylilies in that bed and I know I will regret it, but what's a gardener to do when they don't have a lot of property?!

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This is the smaller raised bed in front of my vertical herb garden. (I squeezed 8 daylilies in this bed!) I wonder if I could make a vertical daylily garden? Hmmmm .... might be a possibility!

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This is what most all of the daylily's roots looked like except the very newest acquired plants:

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After the daylilies were planted it rained! Perfect timing! This bed is a key-hole raised bed.

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The smaller raised bed:

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These two raised beds were made using concrete pavers turned on their sides and adhered together with construction adhesive. I avoid wood for the frame of raised beds because it rots here in Florida in no time at all. Plus there are termites and carpenter ants. I've decided I only want to make these beds .... ONCE!!!!
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.
Garden Rooms and Becky's Budget Garden
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