Last year (first time) I bought "Big Time Happy" Daylily roots.
It was early (barely after the ground thawed enough to plant) but on opening the package, I saw they already had whatever the above ground part is called at that stage growing at difficult angles within the package, pale and very delicate.
I planted as best I could to get roots mostly down and above ground parts mostly up, accidentally breaking off part but not all of the above ground parts (some remained attached to each of 5 roots I purchased and all the above ground parts remained on the biggest one).
The above ground parts gradually turned greener and more leaves came out, each plant reaching a level I'll compare to this photo from the DB. Mine had about a quarter that many leaves per plant (as this photo) with each leaf about half as long:
From midsummer on, they all just sat there that way, not growing any further nor dying back, certainly no hint that they could flower.
They all emerged again recently (but still too little to get a decent photo). Anything I can do to make them do better this year? Are they likely to just do better anyway? (If they were building a better root system, the whole time they seemed to be just sitting there last year).
