Beginner Gardening: Need Help Identifying an existing ground cover, 0 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
Kj..Those are definately Hemerocalis (daylily). If those are species type they will multiply by runners. The plant most often referred to as "ditch runners" are the orange daylily. It's botanical name is Hemerocalis fulva. The other hem. that is a runner variety is hem. flava which is lemon yellow and extremly fragrant., this variety is among my all time favorites. These are the two that all modern daylilies get their heritage from. Most of the modern types of daylilies don't run and are rather clumpers, some more aggresive than others. Alot of people think kwansa is the ditch lily, but the true ditch lily is fulva and usually a straight orange. The main thing to look for is a root running to the side of the plant to the next plant and still connected. Hope that helps. Only true way to find out is to check for the side root and color in the spring. If wanting to get rid of them, many here on dave's would love them and probably pay for shipping. Most of us gardeners just hate to hear about plants being thrown away. Also there are many nursing homes that would love to have plants donated. My garden club has adopted an adult day care center where we donate plants and even have a group of volunteers to help maintain them. One year I had so many extra plants I donated and planted them for a nursing home 70 miles from my home. I hate to say I still have not been back there to see how they are doing but I hope they still exist, lol. Another place to donate plants would be a local church for planting around their grounds. So if you don't or your boss doesn't want them any more think about donating them. Kathy.