day lilies under pine trees?

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pyromomma Columbia, SC(Zone 7b) Jun 13, 2008

I have a bed that I want to plant daylilies in, but it is under pine trees. Plenty of light, water should be fine.

How do they do under pines? When I spaded the bed there were many small roots.

Would I be better off finding a different place for them and plant something else under the pines?

I am in Columbia SC

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JasperDale Long Beach, CA(Zone 10a) Jun 13, 2008

Try posting this in the Daylily forum. I've seen pics. of them under pines over there. One of the "hem-heads" will be able to give you a more definite answer !

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DONNA_11 South Coast, RI(Zone 6b) Jun 14, 2008

I have some under White Pines (lg trees). They get a little sun and plenty of light. They do bloom, but don't grow as big as the ones I have in the sun.

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WeeNel Ayrshire Scotland, United Kingdom Jun 17, 2008

Pine trees and their falling needles are usually a sign of acidic soil, but then I guess there are all different types of pine, but day Lilies dont really like acidic soil and they may struggle there, also the pines will take all the moisture from the soil so maybe you could make a stone edging around this bed and fill with soil so the day lilies are set into half decent soil to get them going for the first few years, they do like a lot of sun to flower well, without this, you get more foliage than flowers, good luck, hope this helps you a bit. WeeNel.

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Texasgal77 Baytown, TX(Zone 9a) Jun 19, 2008

I have daylilies in a raised bed under a pine tree. We cleaned out the area, put down newspapers, top soil, composted manure, and composted top soil. They daylilies had been in pots. I tried to loosen the dirt around their roots and planted them in the soil.

So far they are all doing OK!

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pirl (Arlene) Southold, NY(Zone 7a) Jun 19, 2008

How well they'd do would depend on the exposure and just how far they are from the pines. Mine are quite happy and I don't feed them.

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pirl (Arlene) Southold, NY(Zone 7a) Jun 19, 2008

They are planted "rather" closely.

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pirl (Arlene) Southold, NY(Zone 7a) Jun 19, 2008

But they do make for a grand view in summer.

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pirl (Arlene) Southold, NY(Zone 7a) Jun 19, 2008

If you plant them with the invasive weed (though beautiful and colorful), Houttuynia, you might regret it as I do. As pretty as the weed is it invades all surrounding areas.

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trioadastra Woodbury, MN(Zone 4a) Jun 22, 2008

I have ditch lilies under one very huge pine tree. I've even tested the soil ph, it's 4.5, but they don't seem to mind. They don't even get sun except for a few hours when it's low enough to get at them from the side. They are, aside from ostrich ferns, the only thing that will grow there.

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