Nebraska Daylily Society (NDS)

Treating Incoming Plants

With the spread of rust throughout the country, it is very important that you take the precaution of treating all incoming plants to your garden.  If receiving them through the mail, burn or destroy all packing material and the box they came in.  Then cut the plants back to several inches above the crown, peeling back and discarding the outer layer of leaves.  Then prepare a solution of fungicide or Clorox water (one part Clorox to 9 parts water).  Soak the plants in this solution for 30 minutes before planting.  Longer isn't better when it comes to the soaking time.  If you have a secluded place to plant new plants, keep them away from the rest of your garden for several months in case they would show rust.  You will know rust when you see it, and a good test is to wipe a tissue against the suspected rust, and if it comes away with a rusty substance on the tissue, you have rust in your garden.  Sometimes when removing outer leaves there will show a rusty looking spot on the inner leaves towards the base; this is not rust.  If you do find rust, don't panic, as rust won't over-winter in Nebraska.  Rust has shown up in plants six months after having been received, so keep a good watch month by month.  This is not meant to be alarmist, just good caution.  Rust is not the end of the world!

Pods waiting to ripen.

Seedlings have sprouted.

Springtime 2010!  Note the dormant seedlings in the foreground while the taller ones in the next row appear to be SEV or EVR.

The same seedlings as above on April 14; can't tell the difference in dormant seedlings or the semi or evergreen seedlings.  Will be interesting to see the flowers this summer.

Photos from the Kahnk garden.

BALLERINA BEAUTIFUL (J Carpenter 2005)

CHUCK WHEELER (Rice 1998)

CINNAMON SUNRISE (Copenhaver 1991)

LAVENDER BLUE BABY (J Carpenter 1996)

LIGHT OF THE WORLD (Emmerich 2002)

TREASURE OF THE SOUTHWEST (J Carpenter 2002)