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Overwintering daylilies indoors

by mary
(columbus ohio)

how can I keep dug out day lillies over the winter to plant next spring .

Doug says you have to keep them cool (around 40F) and not warm. You have to keep them dark so they don't get light. And you have to keep them moist so they don't dry out.

In short, you have to provide exactly the same conditions they receive in the ground.

If you try to grow them all winter, they'll "run out" and not do well at all in the garden. They need and want that dormancy.

In short - plant them in the ground now.

Good luck.

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Overwintering daylilies indoors

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Tough Daylilies
by: Lorra

In February of 05 I moved from an old house after nearly 40 years of living there. Off and on during the summer and fall I dug up and hauled plants the 5 miles to the new location. With a 40+ hour job, plus the extra digging, not everything made it back into the ground. Several daylilies and hostas wintered over outside the garage door in my Z 5a winter. I was not really surprised that they survived. The previous move (30+ years before) a lonely peony root ball had survived a like situation.
Needless to say, a majority of my flowers around the house are daylilies, hosta and peony – along with coneflowers and Baptisma. All tough plants.
Not that I am recommending a like storage system, but let common sense prevail.
daylilies
by: Anonymous

I vote to pot them up in slightly damp soil and put them in a garage.

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