Interesting idea. If daylilies can grow in pots, why not buckets, right? As long as you have the proper drainage holes in the buckets, use the right potting mix, add some fertilizer they should do okay, I would think. But for winter, I would think you may want to set them in the ground, if you can manage digging a hole to fit them down in.

Perhaps others on the forum will have some suggestions as well.

Good luck. Those darn deer sure do make gardening a challenge.

Welcome to the forum of daylily addicts LOL.

Julia

This post was edited by juliany on Wed, Dec 12, 12 at 13:51

Welcome, Jim. I had a good many in pots, and I know some of the forum friends grow in pots. (Jean does a lot. I don't think she "plants" her pots, but may be wrong. I suspect as long as you have drainage and water as needed (which will be pretty often in hot weather, they should do fine.

I didn't know deer didn't like Stellas, but I am fortunate enough to not have deer...yet.

Good luck, Jim.
kay

It's not that they DON'T like them, kay. It's that they DO. A picture is worth a thousand words.

I grow most of my daylilies in pots. What everyone else has commented on, drainage, is very very important if you do grow them that way. The surest way to rot a daylily is to have too much moisture around the roots when they are dormant in the winter. You might think of making a raised bed frame that you can set the pots inside, and put deer fencing around it. I have such a bed that is not filled with soil, but rather with daylily pots. I bring them out during the growing season and then put them in a more sheltered area when winter approaches. If you need further advice on growing in pots I'm sure there is more help we can offer, but as to the deer problem I can't help you on that as I don't have them.....Maryl