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• What do you need

Daylily is a perennial plant that blooms profusely with lush flowers of all kinds of shades. Each individual flower only blooms for one day, but each bush has so many flowers that it retains its beautiful appearance for 30 to 45 days. The daylily is actively increasing its mass, so that the bush can be divided and planted every 3-5 years.

Steps

1. 1 Choose what time of year you will plant the daylily. It is best to do this in early spring, until the bush has entered the active growth phase, or wait until late summer, when it has already faded. Whenever you decide to plant a plant, daughter bushes may not bloom in the first year of their independent life, or they will have fewer flowers than usual.
2. 2 Prepare a new transplant site.
   • Choose a sunny location with well-drained soil.
   • Dig and loosen the soil to a depth of 20-30 cm.
   • Add organic compost to the soil if necessary. Daylily grows best in fertile and moist soil.
3. 3 Remove the mulch around the daylily bush with a rake.
4. 4 Dig up the bush.
   • Stick a garden pitchfork into the soil 15-30 cm away from the bush.
   • Gently push the forks under the bush to separate the roots from the soil.
   • Move the pitchfork in a circle and continue to loosen the roots. Continue digging in the bush in a circle until it is completely mobile.
   • Use a shovel to remove the bush from the groove.
5. 5 Divide the daylily bush.
   • Stick a pair of forks into the center of the bush (from the side of the roots) with the curved part towards each other.
   • Spread the forks out to the sides, separating the roots.
   • Divide each individual part of the bush in the same way if the mother bush was too large or if you want more individual plants. Each bush should have at least three deciduous rosettes.
6. 6 Plant some bushes.
   • Dig a hole for each bush. The hole should be deep enough so that the roots are at the same level at which they grew before. The depressions should be 15–20 cm wider than the root ball.
   • Plant the bushes in the grooves and fill them with soil. Tamp the soil around the bushes to anchor them in this position.
   • Lay a layer of mulch under the bushes.
7. 7 If you transplanted after flowering, trim the leaves on the transplanted shrubs up to 30 cm. If you are replanting the daylily in the spring before flowering, you do not need to prune the leaves.
8. 8 Water the new bushes well. Until new plants grow strong, they need to get enough water.

Tips

• The daylily should be planted when there are fewer leaves and flowers in the center of the bush than around the edges. By dividing the bush, you will bring these plants to life.

What do you need

• Garden pitchfork
• Shovel
• Compost
• Mulch