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Day lilies
Hello! I am new to this board and need some help. We just bought our house about a year ago. There were orange day lilies planted in the front flower bed. I thought they would be so nice. And then they started to spread...and spread....and spread. So in the fall, I tried to pull them all up. It didn't work. They are back and there are more then ever. How can I get rid of these? Just dig them out and hope for the best? Spray them with weed killer?
I thought if I were to dig them out (losing a LOT of dirt in the process), I would lay down weed guard/newsaper and cover with new topsoil to plant new flowers in. WDYT?
Thanks!
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Re: Day lilies
I posted mine of freecycle.org and two people came and dug out what they wanted.
The plants you have are likely Tawny Daylilies (Hemerocallis fulva lilliaceae). They were imported from China and have now become fully integrated in the US; Many consider them a weed.
They spread quickly, but can be removed. Their root systems are shallow and can be removed by digging 6-8" deep. They are a bulb variant, so any piece of the bulb left in the ground can and will reproduce the plant. Dig thoroughly to remove the entire plant.
Or, as an alternative, move them to a species-only bed. They can be beautiful plants, if kept well contained. I use them to full effect in my gardens, since they are showy, hardy and low-maintenance. I'm just very careful to keep them barricaded in and pull up any outliers.