Seedfork said:I have found that determining before hand at least the general area new plants are going, is a big stress reliever.
Make tags then find a place for the tags, and you will have a pretty good idea if you can find places for all the new plants....I just don't always do that. I am getting better at it...I think.
Good advice, Larry. I think I am on the right track. I knew that with this many plants coming I had to have my act together. I really did not want to have to pot them up first while I figured out their permanent homes.
I first went around the landscape looking for places where beds could be expanded and new beds created. I then placed empty 3-gallon shrub pots where I thought I could plant the daylilies. I spaced the pots to allow for a 3-foot circle because I want them all to be able to clump-up. I then could visualize pretty well whether or not it was going to work.
After that I re-created the beds in an Excel spreadsheet, made thumbnail images of all the daylilies on my purchase list (with their names and key characteristics underneath the thumbnail), and tried to figure out where each specific daylily would go. That to me was a LOT of fun, but the hours I have spent doing that have almost driven me crazy. Too many good options!
