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I have been doing mail ordering this year for the first time. So far so good. In the past I used to visit daylily farms, and select from field plants. I always used to plant clumps and potted DLs throughout the summer up to the end of Sept. with never a problem. Since my previous purchases had lots of dirt I never even cut back the foliage, (just gave lots of water and TLC) and all was fine.
However, I have heard people say that we will lose mail ordered bare-root daylily plants if planted in the hottest part of the summer. And I also recently read that in z5 we should not plant bare-root plants after Labor Day because they need at least 2 months before frost to get established. Are these true of dormants? Doesn't leave any time after June.
What guidelines do you follow for your own plantings? Thanks.
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