How to Move Daylilies
Daylillies will propagate each year, producing more plants on the ground, producing the need for transplantation. The orange variety is especially strong and will reproduce quickly. If the plants are not moved every year, or every couple of years, they will become over crowded, and may possibly start to suffer.
- Move the daylillies in the spring or early fall so they have a chance to settle in before the hot or cold weather starts. Plant them in an area that receives full sun or a small amount of shade with at least six hours of sunlight.
- Dig up a plant with a small hand shovel. If the plants are growing close together, they will become a single row of fans. Cut or pry apart fans that have grown together. You may need to cut them apart with scissors or a serrated knife so that each plant consists of three fans.
- Trim the leaves on the plant back to 5 or 6 inches.
- Dig a hole that will be big enough for the roots to fit in without bending them. Dig the holes at least 1 foot apart.
- Create a mound of dirt in the middle of each hole.
- Place the plant in the hole with the crown 1 inch into the hole. The crown is the part where the roots meet the stem. Place the crown on the pile of dirt, and allow the roots to spread out around the crown.
- Fill the hole with soil, and water the plant well.