

WHERE, HOW and WHEN 
SHOULD YOU PLANT 
Daylilies 7 
AYLILIES can be used effectively in perennial borders, in groups of three 
1) to five interspersed with other plants. Their height should be kept in mind, 
of course, for there are those that grow only 12 inches tall and others as 
high as 6 feet. They can also be planted in the foreground of the shrubbery border, 
in a solid planting 2 to 3 feet wide or in groups of three to five between shrubs, 
thus solving the problem of filling unsightly gaps. Many people use them for nat- 
uralizing through partly shaded woods and long the banks of lakes and streams. 
You people who have grown Daylilies need no advice as to their culture, for 
you know all about their performance, but to those of you who have not grown 
them yet, let me give this brief information. To begin with, Daylilies are not bulbs 
at all, but a hardy herbaceous perennial. From Maine to California they have never 
been equaled for dependability by any other garden subject. 
Simply plant your divisions in full sun or part shade in ordinary soil. I like to 
set them from 18 inches to 2 feet apart, with the roots spread out, of course. ‘They 
should be planted at the same depth as in the nursery; the bleached part of the 
plant will tell you how deep in the ground it was. 
In my experience any time is the best time to plant Daylilies. The sooner you 
get them in the ground, the sooner they get established and give you blooms the 
following season. Of course, in the colder climates they cannot be planted when 
the ground is actually frozen. 
Now by carefully selecting your varieties you can have Daylilies in bloom for 
four or five months in the colder climates and a much longer time in the warmer 
states.. If you like a particular color, you can order several different varieties in 
that shade that bloom at different times. Each variety will give you four to six 
weeks of bloom when established and wiil prolong the blooming season in your 
garden. 
Leave your plants alone from year to year and they will continue to grow in 
larger compact clumps and give you more blooms each season. Of course, after a 
few years they can be taken up and divided. I have seen a clump of Daylilies 
growing undisturbed in the same location and blooming most profusely for fifteen 
years and even longer. 
I have never known any disease or insect pests of any consequence to bother 
Daylilies in the least, and have never had to spend even five cents for insecticides 
in my fields. 
We will positively replace any plants that fail to live and get established on 
account of your climate. I believe Texas-grown Daylilies are better because of the 
husky, vigorous root growth they start with when they are shipped from our 
nursery. I used 11,000 on one estate in hot, dry, windswept Oklahoma, and have 
sent thousands of plants to that state as the result of that planting. 
You may order when you like, and we will hold your plants until you wish them 
delivered. Ordering early avoids the disappointment of some varieties being sold out. 
See pages 19, 20 and 21 for 1945 and 1946 introductions 
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