HI,
as you know from other threads we are redesigning our garden. We need to move:
Canna
Day Lillies
Gladioli
Dahlia
How do I go about it?
should I replant the bulbs now and store them over winter and plant in spring?
Canna- I understand I am meant to lift these before frost, but they are still flowering?!
thanks
Hi Daisymay - day lillies - hemerocallis - are hardy and can be left in th eground. they need lifting and dividing every 3 to 4 yrs to maintain vigour and flowering.
I would leave the cannas till flowering finishes or the first frosts, whichever happens first. One frost shouldn't kill off their crowns and roots. They can then be potted up and kept in a frost free place over the winter and until the worst frosts of spring are past and they can be planted out again.
Dahlias - it depends on how cold you get. Increasingly in the south of the UK gardeners are leaving them in the ground and maybe just putting a layer of compost over them as a mulch for the winter. If you're not feeling brave about your winter, dig them up when the frosts have blackened their leaves, cut off the stalks and turn them upside to drain. Store in a frost free place in just damp compost till the warmer weather comes and they start to shoot again.
Gladioli - can't help here. Don't like them so don't grow them. Suspect you have to lift them and store away from frosts.
Yup,,,, lift the gladdys and store until the spring when you can replant.
Thanks :)
I have got to move them all - so I guess I should just replant the daylillies straight away in their new home?
Also - forgot about the scabiosa? How do I move this?
Same as most other perennials. Water well, prepare the hole it's going to then dig it up, divide id appropriate and replant at the same depth as before. Do it soon while the soil is still warm enough for their roots to recover from the traume and always water well after replanting.
RE: Gladioli. If you are in a mild are a they can be left in the ground over winter if given a protective mulch (like the advice for Dahlias in mild districts).
I store gladioli like potatoes - dig up, dry off, put in hessian sacks in garage - has worked for the last 5 years...