I was just making new markers for my daylilies. I had read to use permanent markers when making them, but now I realize that in the sun "Permanent" is just a few months. I read an article that said to use a #2 pencil (I didn't believe that could work) now I am using a #2 pencil on my markers, the ones I did last year still look great (the ones the squirrels have not stolen that is).
But, I noticed that the great majority of the daylilies I had brought from Lowe's were no longer to be found (the daylilies) not the tags. They seem to start off like gangbusters and I am so proud of them, then they start to decline and within two years most of them are completely gone. Children's Festival, Little Grapette, Siloam Peony , Happy Returns, and a few more I can't think of off hand.
The daylilies I purchased elsewhere seem to have done fine. So my question is what am I doing wrong with those daylilies? I don't fertilize my plants with much other than just home made compost, and maybe once a year a little 10-10-10, the vegetable garden gets a little more but not the flowers.
I am wondering if those plants from Lowe's are highly fertilized (the reason they look and do so great at first) and then when I don't continue the feeding they just slowly decline and then die off. Or, I have read about tissue culture of daylilies not making very strong plants, could that be the reason?
Anyone experiencing this, or is it just me in my garden?
