Please Remove Your Ditch Lilies NOW

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The video effectively educates viewers on identifying and managing an invasive plant species, providing practical advice and visual examples. It taps into a common gardening concern and offers actionable solutions.

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The video explains how to identify and remove invasive orange ditch lilies (Hemerocallis fulva) from yards and natural areas. It contrasts these with non-invasive hybridized varieties and highlights how the invasive types spread rapidly, choking out native plants.

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1Introduction to invasive orange ditch lilies
2Explanation of their aggressive spread
3Comparison with non-invasive daylily varieties
4Demonstration of invasive lilies in a native retention pond
5Methods for removal (digging out or herbicide)

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Hemerocallis fulva (orange ditch lilies) ACTS - they are invasive plants that spread aggressively and choke out native vegetation. Removing them is the subject of the video. Removing them would change what happens in the video. Stella d'Oro daylilies APPEARS - they are a non-invasive variety of daylily. Removing them would not change what happens in the video. herbicide ACTS - it is a method for removing invasive plants. Removing it would change what happens in the video.

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Remove your invasive Ditch Lilies in late summer. They spread aggressively via underground runners and formed dense colonies that choke out the native vegetation in the wild. I’ve even seen it right in my own neighborhood. It is possible to dig them out if you don’t want to use herbicide. It will take you a couple of years just to stay on top of the area, but it is possible, I have several clients who have done it. If you’re comfortable with herbicide, you would want to apply it in late summer/early fall. I’m a Garden Coach in the Chicagoland area and I love this community — if you know the answer to someone’s question in the comments, please jump in and help! I can’t always respond personally, but together we can figure anything out. 🌱 Visit powersplants.com to learn more about booking a coaching session with me, and for just $5/month you can subscribe for exclusive behind-the-scenes content, videos, and live Q&As where you can ask me anything directly! #nativeplants #invasiveplants #ditchlilies

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Please Remove Your Ditch Lilies NOW If you have orange daylilies growing in your yard if they're the invasive kind These are orange ditch lilies, Hemerocallis fulva And there's a reason you see them growing in huge patches like this or along roadsides in ditches The tiniest little root fragment will sprout and spread underground runners and create these dense colonies out in the wild This is the side of the road in Southern Wisconsin in early July This is why they're called ditch lilies But not all daylilies are invasive These are classic Stella d'Oro daylilies They're not native but they're not aggressive and invasive This is another variety These are fine These have been hybridized varieties so they don't spread as aggressively as those original orange daylilies So how do you know whether the type that you have is invasive Look at the flower closely The orange ditch lily has a more narrow petal It's orange with a darker orange or almost a red part in the center So flower shape is your first clue but most importantly you actually need to look at how they grow The invasive varieties spread incredibly fast They start popping up all over the yard or two and now you've got a huge patch you have the invasive variety Those more modern varieties don't spread this aggressively Now just a few blocks from here is a fully native wet bottom retention pond that was grown from seed ten years ago and look what's now showing up Invasive ditch lilies are growing There's about five different patches that I have found in here These were not planted When people in my neighborhood are out digging and trying to corral the ditch lilies in their yard little root fragments are getting into the groundwater which make it into this temporary basin during storms and the root fragments take hold and now they are spreading and this should be filled with nothing but native plants If this plant is allowed to continue in this pond it will choke out the native vegetation here It is possible to dig these out It'll take a couple years to stay on top of any sprouts that come up each year but it is possible to dig them out You could also use herbicide in late summer, early fall

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If you have orange daylilies growing in your yard if they're the invasive kind how do you know if they're the invasive kind These are orange ditch lilies, Hemerocallis fulva. And there's a reason you see them growing in huge patches like this or along roadsides in ditches. The tiniest little root fragment will sprout and spread underground runners and create these dense colonies out in the wild. This is the side of the road in Southern Wisconsin in early July. This is why they're called ditch lilies. But not all daylilies are invasive. These are classic Stella d'Oro daylilies. They're not native, but they're not aggressive and invasive. This is another variety. These are fine. These have been hybridized varieties, so they don't spread as aggressively as those original orange daylilies. So how do you know whether the type that you have is invasive? Look at the flower closely. The orange ditch lily has a more narrow petal. It's orange with a darker orange or almost a red part in the center. So flower shape is your first clue, but most importantly, you actually need to look at how they grow. The invasive varieties spread incredibly fast. They start popping up all over the yard. If you planted one or two and now you've got a huge patch, you have the invasive variety. Those more modern varieties don't spread this aggressively. Now just a few blocks from here is a fully native wet bottom retention pond that was grown from seed ten years ago, and look what's now showing up. Invasive ditch lilies are growing. There's about five different patches that I have found in here. These were not planted. When people in my neighborhood are out digging and trying to corral the ditch lilies in their yard, little root fragments are getting into the groundwater, which make it into this temporary basin during storms, and the root fragments take hold, and now they are spreading. And this should be filled with nothing but native plants. If this plant is allowed to continue in this pond, it will choke out the native vegetation here. It is possible to dig these out. It'll take a couple years to stay on top of any sprouts that come up each year, but it is possible. I have several clients who have done it. If you're comfortable with herbicide, you would want to apply it in late summer, early fall.