You say you put them in the woods. They tolerate shade? I haven't been digging mine up. I may move some after they finish blooming. Thanks.

My next door neighbor has had naked ladies for over ten years and she never divides them and they bloom each year. I think they are beautiful, she planted her's around trees and they look so pretty when they bloom. I don't know how to stop something form dividing. My daylilies have to be divided every couple of years or they won't bloom very well, so this year I am giving all of them to my aunt in the fall. I am tired of digging them up.

My problem is I don't get rid of the average looking or even ugly ones. I move them to the vegetable weed patch. I threw one in a compost pile and it continued to grow and I got it out again. I have some beautiful daylilies and some that bloom for a long time. I should divide those and dump the average.

For me naked ladies bloom better in the shade. That is the blooms last longer. Out in full sun all day, the blooms tend to sunburn and fade faster. And since the tops do most of their growing Jan -April before the trees leaf out they get plenty of sun when they need it. Dorothy

They would also get their moisture then, so I could plant them in tough spots that I don't water in August. Now that they are blooming and I know where they are, I should divide them and move them. Gee why didn't I think of that before.

You can divide naked ladies two times without sacrificing a lot of bloom. After the foliage dies in late May and after the flowers finish in August. But if you try to dig them earlier than May you will cause the bloom bud to abort. Actually if you can find the bulbs after they bloom, you can dig them up to the first of Oct as long as you relplant them immediately. Dorothy