As an Oregon State University certified Master Gardener I have learned the spent flower stalks should be left on the plant until thoroughly dried & can be easily pulled up with a gentle tug. The reason for leaving them there is those flower stalks contribute to feed the plant as they slowly dry up. Day lilies are either Dormant (dying down to the ground); Evergreen (staying d green all year long) or Semi-evergreen (partially dying down & staying green). Everything above ground feeds the root system below ground, therefore the gardener should leave foliage alone unless it is completely dried up. Leaving dead foliage on the ground leads to all sorts of bacterial problems, certain insects that no gardener will want. Personally I deadhead all my day lilies every day. I place my thumb and forefinger just below the ovary and snap it off. No seed heads ever! Happy Gardening, Y’all. Victoria👩🏼‍🌾

@GardenSanity

17 күн бұрын

Hi Victoria, I can see doing that (leaving spent flower stalks on the plant) at the end of a season - but - during the Summer, the plant's energy goes into the developing ovary and helps it to become a seed pod, which also indicates to the plant that it is time to stop producing flowers as the season for flowering is ending - even if it's only mid-July. If the ovaries are removed with the spent flowers, then the plant's energy works to produce more beautiful flowers on new flower stalks (stems). If you mean leaving the stalk without any flowers on it, leaving those doesn't do too much to help with plant energy, as usually by the time the flowers on a particular stalk are finished, the stalk is already turning brown -- at least that's always been my experience. 💛 And yes, reblooming daylilies will produce more flowers if regularly deadheaded, while once-blooming daylilies may produce a few more flowers but not the same as reblooming ones.

@wendizoid

5 күн бұрын

@@GardenSanitythis is all so helpful for a complete gardening novice like me. I transplanted 3 good sized bundles of day lilies around my mailbox. I want them to spread and make a thicker clump, so should I leave the seed pods to drop more seeds? Thanks ☀️☀️

This is the absolute best description of maintaining dallies I've ever seen. It includes the whys of doing what you must do. Terrific!

@TheFlitterbug

Жыл бұрын

I agree. ! This is marvelous

@pdupazz

23 күн бұрын

Me too!! Finally I get it!

Novice gardener here - great video! Extremely clear and helpful, thank you!

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback! I'm so glad the video was helpful to you! 🙂

Really great illustrations and explanations, thank you! One criticism: remember all your little insects and insect eggs (that feed birds and pollinate) are hiding in that "garden trash." Don't throw it away-- compost it and allow those bugs to be born! There are very very few things in my yard that I ever have to throw away-- typically just powdery mildew or a seriously invasive plant. A whole yard's worth of refuse in the fall will compost down into great stuff during winter if it's in a sunny spot. My compost produces steam even when it's below zero with 2 feet of snow on the ground. I never need to put out bags of garden trash to fill up the land fill.

@hiredgun7996

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly.

@megancarroll9646

11 ай бұрын

Good deadheading tute. But for newbies worth noting it's not a bad thing to tolerate a bit of a messy garden because of the habitat it provides. I also only discard if it is diseased. I usually deadhead and drop the material as a green mulch or loosely pile up beside my compost heap for habitat there. The beauty is there for us or anyone who happens by, but the rest of it is for God's little creatures. ❤ Without whom we would not have the garden in the first place. I consider it a collaboration. 😌

Outstanding video! This is the clearest and most detailed resource I have found on managing the blooming of daylilies. I am heading out right now to apply your lessons and keep my beauties in bloom all summer. Thank you !!! 🌼💛🌼💛

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Marla, for the feedback! 😊 I hope you enjoy wonderful flowers all Summer long! 🌼🌼

@cassandrahausam7286

Жыл бұрын

Right! Best video! 👌

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

@@cassandrahausam7286 Thank you so much Cassandra! I appreciate it very much! 😀🌼🌼

@leslieollerhead1114

Жыл бұрын

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I’ve had so many problems with my daylilies, I had no idea what I was doing. Thank-you so much for this video. 🌸

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You're so very welcome Sandra! I'm happy to help! 💛

The other day I read that tiny native bees (important pollinators!) nest inside hollow stems for the winter, so it advised leaving a number of them standing until spring. I guess being even a foot or two higher than the ground adds a degree or two of temperature, and the enclosing stem does offer some protection. The article didn't specify which plants' hollow stems the little bees use most, but lily stems seem likely because they're so sturdy.

@robertahoffmann8820

Жыл бұрын

I was taught to never do a fall/winter cleanup until spring for that very reason!!! THANK YOU!!

I've had daylillies fior years and while I always deadheaded them when the flowers are done blooming, didn't know to remove the ovary. Thanks. Happy I found your website. I'm now a subscriber.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing Linda! I really appreciate it! 😊 I was doing the same exact thing as you -- and many gardeners -- for years, so once I discovered this solution I had to share it! Glad it helped! 🌼

@kristiades2039

Жыл бұрын

I’m a brand new daylily parent. Is it ok to trim the leaves in the middle of summer or should I wait for fall or spring? I love in Northern Alberta if climate makes a difference.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

@Kristi Ades Hi Kristi - I answered your question in your other comment on here. 🙂 I hope you enjoy your daylilies! 🌼

@kristiades2039

Жыл бұрын

@@GardenSanity Thank you so much! This is my first year with my own garden, your videos are very helpful.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

@Kristi Ades Always glad to help! The first year with a new garden can be fun but also a bit stressful at times. Just enjoy the experience! ❤️🌼🙂

Daylilies are my favorite flower and I never knew about the ovary. Mine are rebloomers too. Thank you for showing us all the parts of the day lily. Happy gardening to you too.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Linda! Enjoy your favorite flower! 💛🌼

I was wondering why my day lilies would bloom once and be done. Thank you for this easy to understand and apply video. I just became a subscriber too.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing LuAnn! I'm so glad you found the video to be helpful! 😀

I deadhead mine almost every day when I walk by. Another thing that helped flower production was cutting down a river birch tree that we didn't ever have nearly enough rainfall to support, so it was always dropping leaves and twigs. The resulting extra hours of daily sunshine on the day lilies really fired them up.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

That's a great way to stay on top of the deadheading, versus tackling it all at once which turns it into a chore. 👍 It's funny, I just mentioned in my latest video that I plan to trim up our River Birch to give my Little Limes more space and room...and sun too! It does make a difference. Enjoy the Fall season! 🌞🍂🍃

Thank you for being thorough and actually show how to do these things. So many videos just say what to do, without saying how to do it. Thank you

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback -- I really appreciate it! 😀 And yes, I know what you mean about saying versus demonstrating -- which is why I'm always very aware of demonstrating how to do something to help out fellow gardeners. 👍 🌼

Very well done video! Organized and presented in a way that was very easy to understand. Excited to revive my struggling daylilies!

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your feedback Tyler! 🙂 I was amazed at what a difference it made for me, once I knew where to deadhead. I hope you enjoy many more daylily blooms this season. 🌼

What a fantastic video with the detailed explanations and arrows !!! Thank you !!!

Excellent video!!! I'm new to growing day lilies and get nothing but seed pods which I thought would bloom into flowers. Now I know what to do. Thank you so much for your help.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Lorraine! I'm so glad this video helped you, and I wish you lots and lots of daylily flowers this year!

This is an excellent, easy to understand, thorough explanation of daylily care. Thank you so much.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your feedback Susan! I really appreciate it! 💛

Excellent video! 10+. I will be applying all I learned here. Saved this to my Gardening Library. Watched it 3xs already and read many of the comments. Thank you. Thank you!!!

This is a great video. I have been struggling with my garden lillies for a while now. You gave me the answers I was looking for! Thank you.

Best video I've ever seen on the topic. Thank you!

Very informative. The best video to explain how to keep ever blooming types.

Loved this! I was one that wondered why mine stopped blooming so early! Hopefully this year will be different!!

I just happened upon this post. Thank you. I learned alot!! Now I feel more confident that I can take care of my beautiful flowers. 😊

Garden Sanity has done an excellent job creating this video - the visuals and the spoken information. As an avid gardener with daylilies and many other plants, I agree wholeheartedly with the information and recommendations. Well done! The only addition I would suggest is a brief video showing people a close up of the act of snapping off the infant seedpod. (Lastly, I'm guessing the maker of this video was/is a teacher by profession. Well organized and presented.)

Just planted day lilies a few weeks ago and appreciate you sharing how to properly deadhead them!

Perfect timing for me to have this vid pop up in my feed! Will head outside today to spruce up my plants…thanks so very much!!

Thanks. I do the deadheading on my Stella D'Oro and the tall orange ones, but I have not pruned. I will start doing that. I love when they bloom in the spring and it would be delightful to see more and more each year!

Awesome video…I’m on my way out now to sort my daylilies out properly!..thank you so much for such clear and informative instructions.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Karen! Enjoy tidying up your Daylilies…and their wonderful flowers! 🌼💛

This video is fantastic and so informative, I have lots of daylilies and want them to look good at all times....you don't ramble on you get right to the point and right to the lesson. Thank you!

@GardenSanity

11 ай бұрын

You're welcome Nicole, and thank YOU for your feedback! I know when I'm watching other videos, I like to skip over the rambling . . . so I try never to do that in my own videos! Glad you appreciate it! 💛

I planted my first daylilies last year. This video will help me going forward. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this video. I will start today checking those lillies. I have had them for years and always thought they bloomed and were done. Love em when they bloom, but not when they start to wilt. Thanks again!

Wow. Best gardening video I’ve ever seen. Thanks so much.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Corey! Hope it’s helpful! 🌼

Thank you for making this video. it is well presented and very informative. I am much more informed and will apply what I have learned to my own Daylilies.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Eddie -- and thank you for your feedback -- it's much appreciated and I'm glad I can help! 😊 Enjoy your Daylilies! 🌼

Thank you so much for this video!! Very educational and I learned so much!

@GardenSanity

2 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome Lisa! I’m so glad it was helpful to you! 🌼😀

I was completely puzzled when my lilies stopped blooming and developed the hard pods this month. I feel so smart now. In the morning I will be out with my snippers! Thanks!

Beautiful explanation step by step. Thank you.

Got so much information about taking care of daylilies. Thank you..🙏

Hi Laura. Daylillies are the most easiest plant to grow in pots or in the ground but they do require maintenance. This was the best tutorial hands down. I personally don’t cut down the leaves & they continue to bloom into Fall. I just do the deadheading & clean up. The foliage looks so beautiful in my yard.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

I haven’t tried growing them in pots. Do you find they require any more upkeep while in pots? In the ground, other than deadheading which can be therapeutic to do as a relaxing garden chore, they are pretty easy. 🌼 I’m so glad you liked this video!

@sammysworld5485

Жыл бұрын

@@GardenSanity growing in pots requires the same care. Just the occasional deadheading & cutting back leaves in winter. Also Osmacote pellet fertilizer to feed. That’s it.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, that’s great to know! I may try growing more plants in containers and group them together as pop-up gardens. At some point, anyway. I love how groups of containers look together. 🪴🪴🪴

What a great video! I really got a lot out of your info. Thank you and I have subscribed. Good presentation! PS I live in a high desert, 6000+ ft altitude. I find that not removing the dead in the fall helps mulch the plants. I love these plants. So hardy!

Awesome video. It answers a lot of questions I had about my day lilies 💗☀️ 🪴 thank you

So very helpful, thank you for the easy to understand instructions.

Thank you very much ! So informative to me this beautiful morning July 12 2023 to learn how to keep my lilies blooming !

@GardenSanity

11 ай бұрын

You're welcome, and thank you for your lovely comment -- you made my morning! 😊💛

Great explanation and visuals. Thanks!

@GardenSanity

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Lucy! I tried to keep it interesting without being overwhelming with so much information. 🙂🌼

Thank you so very much!! I'm so happy that I found your channel as I really needed this!! Just subbed and looking forward to viewing more of your AWESOME and well done instructional. ❤

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, and thank you for subscribing and for your feedback! 💛

Thanks! I’m a gardener, but new to daylillies. This was very helpful.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad this was helpful to you! 👍And I hope you enjoy your daylily flowers for many years to come!

Thank you for clear instructions.

Great video.Exactly what I needed to know about my day lilies.Thanks

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Thank you -- I'm so glad I could help! Enjoy the pretty flowers! 🌼

Excellent video! I'm headed out right now to check my daylilies! Thank you !

This was SO helpful! bought a house in the Catskills in December and there are day lillies everywhere (I actually pulled up tons of them just to add some perennial diversity). I'm new to all of this and I learned so much from this. Thank you.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Congrats on your new home Derrick -- I hear the Catskills are beautiful! You're smart adding in more perennials, as they will require much less work than annuals over time. 👍 I love perennials!

@beautifulqueen4657

13 күн бұрын

This video was so helpful ❤ , thank you! I have one dead daylily that just won't grow... I'll need to go take a closer look at the root cause.

Good tips! Mulching them also helps them keep blooming. I think that’s why they do so well in commercial settings even though they get completely neglected, otherwise.

@GardenSanity

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Will! And you’re right - good point about mulch! 👍 It’s funny: whenever I see daylilies in a public space that need to be deadheaded…I must fight the urge to do so. 🤣 Same when I see Knockout Roses around commercial spaces. 😂

@violadesmondmccairn

Жыл бұрын

You can trim the brown stems and the dead leaves and just leave them around the plants as mulch. The hollow stems will provide winter home for bugs and the dead leaves will compost down as well as provide mulch for the plant. Crazy to put it all into plastic bags to go to garbage.....EEEEKK!!!!!!

Excellent video. Exactly what I needed to know. Thank you.

Great video. When I clean up the browned leaves, I put on some kitchen rubber gloves. The leaves kind of stick to the gloves. It’s so much easier to clean up.

This was one of the BEST instructional videos on gardening I've seen in a long time. I will use this info this season. Thank u for the concise and informative instructions!

good advice, and just what I was looking for... thanks a lot!

I love this plant, and so have many, 15, throughout my garden. I have dug them up to transplant and they do so readily. Because I have so many, the deadheading thing can be daunting, but, they do look so neat when cleaned up. Don’t know if I will ever have the time or energy to deadhead all of them correctly, but it is a great tutorial on how it works. Thanks.

Great video. I understand my Daylilies better now 😊 Thank you.

You have a very pleasant speaking voice. Thanks for the video.

New to Dayliles,so, very happy to find this information.

@GardenSanity

17 күн бұрын

Perfect timing Katie! So glad to help you start on the right foot -- or right flower -- with your Daylilies! 💛

WOW!! I didn't know about the ovary creating the seed pods. No wonder I get too many seed pods. This was very informational and I've had daylilies for over 30 years. Imagine how many ovaries I've left behind!!!😄 I'm going into my next flush of different colored daylilies and I will definitely be taking the whole bloom off. And I hope once I get in there and remove all my stems "with" seed pods, my second flush of stella d'oro daylilies will put more energy into new stems. Thanks!!

@GardenSanity

2 жыл бұрын

I know Janice -- that's how I felt when I first learned this too years ago! 💡 You had me laughing with your "how many ovaries I've left behind" comment! 😂 What colors of daylilies do you have? There are so many pretty ones out there!

@hd1ab1

2 жыл бұрын

@@GardenSanity I have every color from white to deep burgundy. They're starting to bloom now, I just have to keep the deer out. I have a few double yellow I love and when we moved in 36 years ago, behind our lot was a field of triple orange. I dug up, separated and planted all over our new gardens. They really are spectacular but spread out almost too much. I've dwindled down how many I have but I'll always keep a few. Today I decided to clean up round one of the stella d'oro but was careful to pinch off all the way to the ovary on the stems still blooming!! Thanks so much.

@GardenSanity

2 жыл бұрын

@@hd1ab1 Oh your daylilies sound wonderful -- and colorful! I have a soft spot for the orange color, even though I mainly see them on the edges of roadways -- I always joke with my husband that I want him to stop the car and pull over so I can dig some up. 🤣 🧡

Excellent video, thank you!

This was so very helpful!! Thank you!

Wow great information! I need to take care of mine tomorrow! Thank you

Absolutely the best video on how to maintain daylilies! Not only a description of what to do but an explanation of why we are doing what is described. This video got me to tap the subscribe button and turn on the notification bell. Thank you! Oh and I came in to look up how to care for daylilies after I questioned whether I was removing seed pods or newly forming flowers. Your video confirmed that I was removing seedpods.

@GardenSanity

9 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for your feedback Anthony! 😊 I work very hard to make videos that answer my own questions I’ve had about gardening. Although not everyone appreciates the “why” and would rather just know the “how” and move on, I always like to know and share why we need to do certain things . . . and sometimes why we don’t need to do them. I feel like it helps provide a better understanding of gardening tasks. (And as for those seedpods, I felt like it was such a game changer to learn the difference between them and new flower buds!) 🌼

Wow, this video explained so much. Thanks

@GardenSanity

17 күн бұрын

You're very welcome! I'm happy to help! 🌼

Hi Thank you for such great information. Now I know what to do with my daylillies. I asked a question and you came up So until next time God Bless you and have a Blessed day and stay safe my dear and Special Friend.

Thank you for explaining this! I could never figure out why my rebloomers were not reblooming!

At the end of summer we cut the whole plant with the lawn mower and every year mine grow like crazy!!

Wow! Learned so much today. 😊👋

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad! Thanks for the feedback! 😊

Wow that was very helpful 👏🏻

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear it, Helga! Enjoy your daylilies! 😀

I had no idea you could get more then one flush of blooms! Wow... this will be a fun experiment on my existing plants. Thanks Lisa

@pamelaspooner7183

Жыл бұрын

Only if you have a variety that repeat blooms. Most daylilies do not. Same as some roses that bloom all summer (repeat bloomers) or one time flush of blooms in the Spring. Depends on the variety - she is talking about the variety, Stella d’Oro…they ARE repeat bloomers if you don’t let them go to seed.

Wow, what a GREAT video. Very useful and helpful information. You’re a VERY good presenter. I’m a new subscriber now.

@GardenSanity

17 күн бұрын

Thank you so much Jeff! 😊 I really appreciate your feedback and glad you subscribed! 🌼

Thank you! Nicely done, clearly explained.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Leanna! And thank you for the feedback -- I really appreciate it! 💛🏵🌿

THANK YOU..THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. I.M heading out now to try your great suggestions!♡

@GardenSanity

17 күн бұрын

You're very welcome Anita! Glad to help! 😃

Thank you for this info.

SO helpful. Thank you!!!❤️💗

@GardenSanity

Ай бұрын

My pleasure Samantha! Enjoy! 🌼

Excellent video! Thanks a ton! Help me a lot! All the Best gardener's ! 😊

Thank you for the video. Very helpful!

Yayyy I was so excited to see your video…….. I was starting to worry 😁. Thank you for this great lesson and hopefully soon we can see a walkabout or garden tour!!! 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

@GardenSanity

2 жыл бұрын

No worries Chris, this one just took me awhile to complete. 🙂 A walkabout with planting will be coming later this week…after one more pruning video. ✂️😀🌺

@chrismarchetti-olson6632

2 жыл бұрын

@@GardenSanity yayyyy I cannot wait!!! 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

@GardenSanity

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you like it, as it is kind of a mash-up of different things, primarily perennials. 🙂🌺🌿🌸

@chrismarchetti-olson6632

2 жыл бұрын

@@GardenSanity that’s perfect!! Mash ups are the best!! 😂

@GardenSanity

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrismarchetti-olson6632 Well, I just published the "prequel" video to the mash-up, where I prune back the Japanese Helleri...and the mash up will show what I planted in front of them among other things, so stay tuned! 💚 🌞

Great information! Thank you!

Awesome info. Did notknow this and yes wondered why my daylilies would not grow more blossoms.

This was a great video! Thank u! Helped out a ton!

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Cassandra - I’m so happy it helped you! 🌼💚🌼💚

Great video,finally understand the cycle thanks

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Glad this was helpful, John! It makes a difference once we know about those seed pods! 🌿

Wonderful video. Thank you ❤

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Great advice. I do this because I love my daylilies. I cut my flowers off with the ovary but didn't know I was actually doing it right! LOL.

Very helpful my father passed away and he has a huge day lily garden because he loved them so much. This was very helpful information so I can maintain them.

@GardenSanity

17 күн бұрын

I'm so sorry about your father passing. 💛 I'm so happy this video was helpful. Your maintaining his daylilies is a wonderful act of love. Coincidentally, my own father (93 years old) just told me this morning that his daylilies came back when he didn't think they did. He was so happy, and it filled me with joy to hear him talk about them. Wishing you much peace. 🌼

Thank you for sharing it's very helpful

@GardenSanity

17 күн бұрын

My pleasure Aganetha! Glad the video was helpful! 😃

Great video! Thank you so much!

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Beatriz! Enjoy your daylilies!

Wow 🤩 how clearly these explanation this was thank so much 👏👏👏💐💐🌞👍🏻

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Minh! Very glad to help! 🌼💛

Great educational video about StellaDora day lilies!

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Casey! 🌼

Very good explanation 👍👌👌💯

Thank you! Great to know this!

thank you I learned a lot

The deer handle the flower pruning, lol! It's their favorite snack! This year I'm going to try cutting a few for indoors before they are gobbled up!

Really learned a lot. Thank you😊😊😊

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Sylvia! Glad to help!

Thank you for sharing. Now I know what to do.

@GardenSanity

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Phoebe! Enjoy your daylilies! 🙂

This is a great explanation! Thank you! I have nothing but seed pods right now. Going to cut them out today!

Fantastic. Thank you.

Awesome!!!

We’ll done and very helpful.

Great video!!!

Thank you!