Using daylily stems and leaves

Has anyone used daylily stems and leaves for basketry?

I have used the leaves. They are amazing! Very flexible and pliable yet strong, more so than iris leaves. They are almost like a fiber you would use for cordage and I have used them for cordage. But that isn’t their better use.

Do you soak or treat the leaves in any way before using? Do you have any photos to share of how you have used them. Thank you.

They can be soaked but if you leave them overnight they will become pliable enough from the dew. A short soaking in winter suffices.

Maieshe Ljin wrote:They can be soaked but if you leave them overnight they will become pliable enough from the dew. A short soaking in winter suffices.

Are you using them dry or green?

Jay Angler wrote:

Maieshe Ljin wrote:They can be soaked but if you leave them overnight they will become pliable enough from the dew. A short soaking in winter suffices.

Are you using them dry or green?

Dried. All basketry and fiber materials seem to be best after having been dried. I have picked them sometimes green, sometimes when the leaves are starting to die back. One may look through a patch for the dead leaves and harvest only those.