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Hemerocallis

Hemerocallis X species
Family - liliaceae Lily

Daylily

Full sun

The original hemerocallis species are found from central Europe to Asia, including Japan. There are approximately fifteen wild species from which the legions of hybrids available today are descended from. Daylilies grow from about fifteen inches to about forty inches tall. The flowers are from two to six inches in diameter, depending upon the cultivar. Each individual flower lasts a day, hence the name, daylily.

Daylilies are very easy to grow and have few diseases. The newer hybrids are extremely floriferous, and many cultivars are re-bloomers. Some hermerocallis will bloom in the spring, some in summer, some in the fall. Anyplace which needs a colorful display that doesn’t need a lot of maintence will benefit from masses of daylilies.

Daylilies are typically propagated by division, either in spring or fall. I prefer the fall, but that is only because I am usually digging in the garden dividing and planting my other perennials. Besides, done in early to mid autumn the plants establish themselves well before the cold weather hits and get a running jump on spring. Be careful if you do it late, the plants may not get a chance to fully root in and may heave out from the intermittent frost. Hermerocallis plants are pretty tough, so if they do heave out and aren’t noticed right away they generally still live if you just stick them back down when you do notice.

In the small amount of space here, I am not even going to try to recommend any varieties. Just go to one of the companies listed here in these ads and go wild. You can grow them econonomically from seed, which is how I got almost all of mine. Park Seed has an economy daylily seed mix which has a nice variety of colors and the daylilies bloom nicely over a long season. Hemerocallis seed needs to be planted in damp soil, covered with plastic or placed in a plastic bag. This needs to be placed in the refrigerator for a minimum of thirty days before moving to a warmer area for germination. It takes a while to get flowering plants, but it is an interesting garden project.

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