What is Wrong with my Daylilies?

I bought these lilies...they looked REALLY pretty. I planted them and got two gorgeous blooms. Now they are turning yellow. I watered every day for the first week while they took root and have started watering every 2 or 3 days, a really good soaking. Any ideas? They are in full sun with my mums.

The mulch is old mulch...probably from last year. It's more a dark brown, but it has just rained so it looks black. The lilies are in the back.


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What they DID look like:

Stunning new daylily. I have the same problem with some etablished lilies. I thought this summers weather was the problem. Anxious to hear what others have to say. Do you recal the color name of these? Here are two new ones I have (Forgot the names already! )
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Mine have already bloomed & dropped their dead blossoms; the leaves are also turning yellow, but I assumed it's because of the hot, dry weather. But I'm no expert on lilies. :/

i_am2bz said:

Mine have already bloomed & dropped their dead blossoms; the leaves are also turning yellow, but I assumed it's because of the hot, dry weather. But I'm no expert on lilies. :/

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Same here - I am not concerned, they don't seemed to be diseased or anything. Just wait until next year and see how they do.

Hello, I am new here. Found this web site on the Internet and upon investigating it I like what I see.
About the wilting Daylilies, I can't give any advice on that either I have been always very fortunate with my Hemerocallis. I agree with some of the posters, it must be the weather. Either too much rain? or to dry? Different areas suffer from either too much or too little this year.

I had a big dissappointment however with my Oriental Lilies in that they were visited by the "Red Lily Beetle". It is not pretty what this red beetle can do. I searched the Internet about this pest and found out that this Beetle is a relative newcomer to our hemisphere and comes from Asia. And for the remedy? All that was suggested is to spray with a Soap Spray and besides that collect them on a daily basis and destroy. I would have send a picture of a affected Oriental Lily but I have to get used on the "how to" sending images first.

Anyone else having had problems with their Asian Lilies? (Thankfully the Red Beetle does NOT like Daylilies)

1/4 cup dawn dish soap per gallon of water. soak the plant and bugs down with a spray bottle. wait five minutes. rinse off plants with clean water. Please try it. I promise it works. Its so easy that you'll never worry about bugs again. It kills ALL insects that i have tried it on, even giant squash bugs.

Oh! And

Thank you, Sunsaver, for that fantastic 'recipe'on how to make bug spray. I have been using dishsoap and water in a small spray bottle before but your big batchmix makes a lot of sense.

By the way, thank you for your 'Welcome' note, it was much appreciated.

In my experence Day lillies once they have bloomed tend to start dying back...

with the 'new ' red bettle it is a nasty beast it will eat your lily down to a nub if you dont keep on top of it... not only the beetle but their larva which incases it self in its own excretment... I lost my lillies the first year they showed up I had no idea what it was...
chickens wont eat these beetles....safer soap spray...