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Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 10:46 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I'm starting now to trim mine back to 3-6" for winter. In the past when I didn't, I got some real slimey messes after the first hard frost.

Lovinlife - Utah, Zone "5"
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Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 07:13 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I am still moving and dividing and this week planted 36 seedlings and will plant more next week. Most hybridrizers say not to cut back the fans. I have cut them back before and they still do good,I usually just let them do there thing.I wait and clean beds in spring.

Janet Ohio Zone 5
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Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 11:37 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I wait until after the first real frost when the leaves are going yellow then cut them back to about 6-8" so there isn't a lot of rotting leaf mess around the plants during the winter. Some are still blooming, so I wait until everything is totally finished for the season.

Bluethumb - Alberta, Zone "3b"
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Posted on Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 04:33 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Here in the mid southwest, where many of the daylilies do not go completely dormant, I try to keep dead foliage trimmed off throughout the winter. We always have a few beautiful days in the middle of winter when it is a pleasure to get out and tidy up the garden.

Right now, however, winter is still far off and I am planting new daylilies this week. They will have plenty of time to get established before bedtime.

Allieok - Oklahoma, Zone "7a"
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Posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 09:03 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I dont do anything to the daylily beds till spring
All that extra fan foliage is insulation during the frigid winter months!

Notmartha - mi, Zone "6a"
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Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 06:44 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Notmartha wrote on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 09:03 am:

All that extra fan foliage is insulation during the frigid winter months!


I agree,Dori.

Starzgarden - Michigan, Zone "five"
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Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 08:21 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

They keep those weed seeds away from the soil, too. I think of them as a sort of weed-seed umbrella.

Anne

Valia - WA (summer) UT (winter), Zone "5a and 9a"

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