Can you believe this?

hagranger · Post by **hagranger** » Apr 22, 2005 1:23 pm

This is a shot of one of the clumps of the Pleasant Hours daylily that I divided and replanted ... It has a scape! And buds and it's April 22!
I must have done something ... or it might of been those high 70 degrees and that one near 80 degrees F. day we had recently.
Helen

Margery · Post by **Margery** » Apr 22, 2005 5:01 pm

I can believe it! I have lots of scapes & buds on my Black Eyed Stella and also 2 on the Paper Butterfly (Thanks Trish!). I've never seen scapes this early but I'm fairly new to daylilies. But what now? There is 4-7 inches of snow and a low of 31 forecast for here tomorrow. Will covering the scapes help or are they goners?

hagranger · Post by **hagranger** » Apr 27, 2005 1:21 pm

Margery ... sorry I didn't see this until just now ... I don't cover my daylilies in the spring ... too many of them and they are really tough and can weather through just about anything which you probably know by now.
Helen

jay dee · Post by **jay dee** » Apr 27, 2005 6:37 pm

It wouldn't hurt to cover the scapes with a big pot because they (the scape) will die if they get frozen. The daylily foliage will be fine.

The early scapes you are seeing are probably rebloom scapes from last fall that didn't have time to bloom last fall. PAPER BUTTERFLY is known for it's rebloom habit.

jay dee

notmartha · Post by **notmartha** » Apr 27, 2005 7:58 pm

i cant wait to see some BLOOMS!!!

Margery · Post by **Margery** » Apr 28, 2005 6:16 pm

I covered the scapes and despite the snow & cold they look fine. I hope they weren't damaged, I'd love to see some early bloom. Interesting to know that the that the Paper Butterfly scapes are from last fall! I had no idea that was possible. Thanks for the info.