My yard is swamped by day lillies. Apparently the previous owner loved them. I want to remove them so I can put other stuff there, but even the ones I dug up last fall are coming up again. Please help! I really don't like lillies--they remind me of death way too much to be comforting.
2007-04-18 04:42:26 · 8 answers · asked by smr071165 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Make the job easy and ask friends and relatives if they want any. Have them dig them up for you to take home. If someone close to me was giving away day lillies and all they required was that I dig them up, I'd be more than happy to dig them up. You just have to make sure you get the majority of the roots up. So you'll need to dig down about a foot.
If you use round-up, you'll kill EVERYTHING in that area and you won't be able to get hardly anything to grow there. You might be able to paint it on and kill just the day lillies.
2007-04-18 05:34:24 · answer #1 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Day lillies are prolific and tenacious. Keep digging, you'll still have a few volunteers spring up all the time. Or you can try using Roundup -- quick fatal finish is to paint it on them undiluted.
Maybe you could post a message in your community inviting people to come get them FREE on a specific weekend?? Or go to gardenhere.com and "visit" a forum, state you have millions to get rid of. People there will send you postage paid envelopes for you to get rid of your lillies.
good luck
2007-04-18 04:51:59 · answer #2 · answered by reynwater 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-26 13:19:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't get rid of ALL of them. Maybe keep your favorites or at least keep the bordering ones. If they are throughout your entire lawn, I can understand that. You would have to use Round-up, but don't spray too much on the grass, try to get to the root of the plant.
2007-04-18 04:51:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did them up and pass them out at work, or to friends. Or have friends come and dig them for you. Nothing like passing on a living thing.
Happy Gardening
2007-04-18 04:52:34 · answer #5 · answered by ~~Hillbilly Quilt Lady~~ Connie 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You have dig down deep around them and get up the entire bulb cluster. You should ask a neighbor if they want them....thats how I got all of mine.
2007-04-18 04:52:27 · answer #6 · answered by shorty 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You have to dig up the bulb. If you do pull the bulbs up you should give them to someone who will appreciate them.
Do you know they are edible. Look on these links
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGkmmgPCZGNq0AyAhXNyoA?p=day+lily+recipes&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&x=wrt
2007-04-18 04:54:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ship them to me!
2007-04-18 05:11:29 · answer #8 · answered by p h 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋