How to growHemerocallisDay lilly
Hemerocallis(hem - er - o - kal - lis )
From the Greekhemero , a day , andkallos , dish , refer to the life-time of the flowers(Liliaceae).Day lily . Hardy perennial from temperate E. Asia and S. Europe , very adaptable , flowering for many hebdomad , but with the single funnel shape - shape blossom last only for one daylight . There have been a bewildering issue of cultivars both from America and from England and continental Europe with the result that the metal money have been somewhat disregard .
mintage cultivatedH. aurantiaca , Nipponese day lily , 3 feet , orange - yellow flush . July . H. citrina . 3feet . lemon - jaundiced . slightly fragrant heyday , July to September ; var.baronii , larger flowers , Citrus medica - yellow . H. flaua,2 - 3 feet , orangish - yellow flower , June and July . H. fulva,3 feet , vigorous , orange - brown , June to August ; vars.fore pleno , two-fold , kwanso fore pleno , twofold bloom and vary stripy foliage . H. x luteola,3 feet , large , light yellowed , June and July , loan-blend . H. middendorffi , 1 - 14feet , rich yellow , fragrant , June . H. minor,9 inches , all the way yellow , reddish - brown on outside , June . H. thunbergii,2 - 3 feet , light sensationalistic , fragrant , July to September . There are many cultivar such as ‘ Ambassador , currant red , fat yellow centre ; ` Apollo ’ bright apricot - yellow ; ‘ Bagette . , dark brownish ; ‘ Ballet Dancer , diffused pink ; ‘ Black Prince , purple - red ; ‘ Bonanza , diffused golden - yellow , dwarf ; ‘ exhibit , vivid red ; ‘ Golden Chimes , golden - yellow , a miniature with well - branch growth ; ‘ Hyperion , canary yellow yellow ; ‘ Morocco Beauty , very dreary purpleness with gold throat ; ‘ Norma Borland , atomic number 29 ; ‘ Pink Prelude , figure pink , jaundiced throat ; ‘ raja , late flowering , orange , shaded mahogany and violet ; ‘ reddish Torch , fundamental ruby ; ‘ Viscountess Byng , orange flushed rose , long flowering time of year . New ones come out each class ; nurserymen s cataloges should be confer with for the modish varieties .
CultivationDay lily are most admit as to filth and position , provide they are not planted in full shade . They do not , however , give of their best in poor , chalky soils . industrial plant in autumn or spring , incorporate some compost or one-time manure . The plants will survive for many years unattended except for an episodic early summertime mulch and a regular dressing of slug repellent .
