Whether your plants produce pink, yellow, or orange flowers, knowing when to cut back daylilies can keep these perennials looking tidy and blooming well. Though each flower is only open for a single day, daylilies are a much-loved perennial around the world. In this article, you’ll learn about three different times to cut your daylily plants back to keep them in tip-top shape.
Signs that it may be time to prune your dayliliesKnowing when to cut back daylilies is easy if you know what signs to watch for. While pruning them back at the end of the growing season (after they’ve been killed by a frost) is a common practice that’s part of their general maintenance requirements, whether or not to prune daylilies at other times of the year is a lot more confusing for gardeners.
Signs that it’s time to prune your daylilies—regardless of what time of year it is—include:
Read on to learn why these signs indicate the need to prune and what to do about it.
Why trimming daylilies back is importantDaylily plants thrive in conditions from full sun to part shade. And in general, they require very little care. However, their green leaves can sometimes turn into yellow or even dead leaves as the season progresses, especially if the plants face stress from drought, disease, or pests.
Daylily leaves can even naturally turn ratty at the end of their bloom cycle. They put forth a lot of energy to produce their initial new growth followed by stems full of gorgeous blooms. By the time they’re done blooming, the plants are tired and low on fuel.
A well-timed haircut keeps daylily plants looking
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