Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[sharron]

Lilies with bulbils on stems: tiger lilies. They grow in abundance here. I never planted any, yet had one show up about 3 years ago. I have them popping up in abundance now. They grew like weeds at my Uncle's property in Charleston, Me. No doubt they have spread across many old farmsteads.

Yup agree with @lazy gardener they are tiger lilies... Used to grow crazy at Mom's house in northern IN... Haven't seen many down here.

Well I learn something New Everyday
That is what is sooooo great about this forum. I did not know what they were called.. I got these seeded by a friend a long time ago. I just referred to them by name of the Donor... I have also given/shared seeds to some others, which came 2 years later and told me of successful flowering plants.
I kind of thought that these were rare, since I have not seen any in my area. Turns out other areas have them plentiful.
Tiger Lilly name must cover more than one variety. I/we around here call these Tiger Lillie's.(pix below) A long time ago, a gardening person I casually met also gave me a Tiger Lilly plant from her garden. It was different from ether of those I have currently.
I call these; Tiger Lillies in my garden. I see them grow wild in vacant lot areas and along roadside acreage in the boonies as well. Extremely prolific,,,,,, View attachment 1479736

Lilies with bulbils on stems: tiger lilies. They grow in abundance here. I never planted any, yet had one show up about 3 years ago. I have them popping up in abundance now. They grew like weeds at my Uncle's property in Charleston, Me. No doubt they have spread across many old farmsteads.

Yup agree with @lazy gardener they are tiger lilies... Used to grow crazy at Mom's house in northern IN... Haven't seen many down here.

Well I learn something New Everyday
That is what is sooooo great about this forum. I did not know what they were called.. I got these seeded by a friend a long time ago. I just referred to them by name of the Donor... I have also given/shared seeds to some others, which came 2 years later and told me of successful flowering plants.
I kind of thought that these were rare, since I have not seen any in my area. Turns out other areas have them plentiful.
Tiger Lilly name must cover more than one variety. I/we around here call these Tiger Lillie's.(pix below) A long time ago, a gardening person I casually met also gave me a Tiger Lilly plant from her garden. It was different from ether of those I have currently.
I call these; Tiger Lillies in my garden. I see them grow wild in vacant lot areas and along roadside acreage in the boonies as well. Extremely prolific,,,,,, View attachment 1479736

second picture is of daylilies, also up here they sometimes call them ditch lilies, when i first moved up here in pa, had never saw lilies like these , they were on the sides of back roads so my husband stopped and pulled some up for me, since then they have spread and you can't get rid of them, if you pull them up and miss just little piece of the root, they not only start again but spread but my house potbelly pig likes them, hes weeded my flower bed better than i could ever do

 

[cavemanrich]

Always learning....... so now I know I have a wild version of Day Lilies. The day lilies that I purchased are of the same type of foliage, as these. Different colors, and varieties, and less prolific and less blooming than their wild cousins.
I do not have a fence on the road side of my yard. Made this 6 foot wide flower bed full length of back yard. It makes a pleasant looking divide from the street.
I have planted all the nice flowering trees and the Lilies in there.

 

[lazy gardener]

Yep, common name for those is day lily. Hemerocallis. Breeding of day lilies has come a long ways in the last few years. Do a google search for them, and you will find some that are absolutely breath taking. Add to that the fact that they are practically indestructible, and come in many colors, some with double flowers, vivid eye zones, picotee edges, ruffled, fragrant, re-blooming. There are day lilies for every gardening application!

 

[sharron]

i have a question that maybe someone can answer for me, in my one flower bed thats been there for many, many years i have iris's, miniature daffodils and blackeyed susans, AND lots of weed grass and weeds, what i want to know is, if we pull the weeds out, cover with wood mulch, will my miniature daffodils come up thru in the spring or should i dig them out and move them? i've never used the wood mulch before but it looks so nice around other peoples flowers or tree bases, nice and neat with no weeds

 

[bruceha2000]

I think they should be able to come up if the mulch layer isn't too heavy.

 

[sharron]

I think they should be able to come up if the mulch layer isn't too heavy.

if its not heavy, will the grass and weed still come up too?

 

[sharron]

tried to give the son some yellow beans tues evening, all he had to do was snap them, wash and cook but so far he hasn't come over to get them(lives right next door) so going to go finish cleaning the kitchen from dinner and then do it myself and cook them for husband and myself, i kinda think his wife must have said no, she doesn't like us so they can go buy frozen beans from walmarts lol then i will start picking and eating green beans

 

[lazy gardener]

i have a question that maybe someone can answer for me, in my one flower bed thats been there for many, many years i have iris's, miniature daffodils and blackeyed susans, AND lots of weed grass and weeds, what i want to know is, if we pull the weeds out, cover with wood mulch, will my miniature daffodils come up thru in the spring or should i dig them out and move them? i've never used the wood mulch before but it looks so nice around other peoples flowers or tree bases, nice and neat with no weeds

They should be fine. Are the daffodils scattered through the bed? If they are in a confined area, you might consider pulling them out so you can give the bed a real thorough cleaning. Over time, bulbs tend to get crowded, and benefit from being lifted and divided/spread out. Then you can lay down a nice deep layer of newspaper, or some cardboard over all of the bed except for where the daffodils are, then cover with the wood chips. Did you know that many bulbs will actually use their root systems to pull themselves deeper in the soil if you don't plant them deep enough initially? I'm not sure if they can lift themselves up out of the soil, but wouldn't be surprised if that is so.

 

[bruceha2000]

I'm not sure if they can lift themselves up out of the soil, but wouldn't be surprised if that is so.

At the latitude you and I live, they can frost heave up, just like the rocks

 

[cavemanrich]

i have a question that maybe someone can answer for me, in my one flower bed thats been there for many, many years i have iris's, miniature daffodils and blackeyed susans, AND lots of weed grass and weeds, what i want to know is, if we pull the weeds out, cover with wood mulch, will my miniature daffodils come up thru in the spring or should i dig them out and move them? i've never used the wood mulch before but it looks so nice around other peoples flowers or tree bases, nice and neat with no weeds

I think they should be able to come up if the mulch layer isn't too heavy.

Agree with you totally.

if its not heavy, will the grass and weed still come up too?

Weeds and grass are unfortunately more prolific than the cultivated flowers we desire to grow. Just a FACT OF NATURE...
You may consider doing this. (work intensive )
Dig everything good up.,,,,,, remove weeds as best you can,,, Till/overturn soil however you are able to. Place a weed barrier type of cloth on top. Cut out openings and plant your desired plants/flowers thru those openings. Cover everything with a layer of wood mulch.
My personal fav are the NON DYED natural type.
Other option which is easier, and less work is like you stated above. Pull weeds and mulch. The weeds will come thru, but removing them is easier. Eventually if you keep plucking the top growth of any plant, they cease to grow.
I mulched around my trees in front of the house. Any unwelcomed growth gets yanked,,,, it is much easier with the mulch in place.
Third option is to do the weed barrier mat in spring time. Once you have the desired flowers coming up, place mat and cut out openings for them to come thru. Then cover with mulch.
I know from personal experience that the weed barrier mat works. When I put up my fence years ago, I laid down a 2 foot wide strip the whole length. I then covered with crushed stone. No weeds grow under the fence now. (many years now) Everything outside of that 2 foot wide strip grows like as before.
When seeds blow in with the wind, they are not able to reach soil. The shoots that are in the ground from runners are not able to poke thru to surface. Water flows thru mat with no problem.