Author: Elena N. https://floristics.info/ru/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=19 Category: Garden plants Published: February 28, 2019Last edits: January 20, 2021
- When to plant
- How to take care of the garden
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Daylily is called the lily for the lazy. And the Czech writer Karel Capek, who was in love with gardening, dubbed daylilies “the flowers of the intelligent lazy person.” Probably the poet of gardening dealt with natural species of daylily; they are indeed very unpretentious. But if you want to see something more intricate in your garden than the usual red and yellow daylilies, you will have to get to know the character of this plant better!
- Why does the daylily suddenly stop blooming magnificently?
- How to prepare for the awakening of dormant daylilies in the spring?
- What varieties of daylilies are the most fragrant?
- What daylilies can be grown in a pot?
- Is it true that white daylilies are just an advertising ploy by breeders?
Read our article.
Planting and caring for daylilies
- Planting: sowing seeds in open ground before winter or in spring after stratification of the seed. Divide and replant in the spring, at the end of April or beginning of May.
- Flowering: depending on the type and variety from May to August.
- Lighting: bright sun, partial shade or shade.
- Soil: any garden soil, except sandy. The optimal soil is rich, well-drained loam with a neutral or slightly acidic reaction.
- Watering: infrequent, but plentiful. Water is poured at the root.
- Feeding: complete mineral fertilizer in the spring, when leaves grow, and a month after the peak of flowering.
- Reproduction: varietal plants - by division followed by replanting in August or separating the daughter rosette without digging up the plant. Species plants can be propagated by seed.
- Pests: thrips, water voles, lily gnats, slugs.
- Diseases: root rot, fusarium, rust.
Read more about growing daylilies below.
Daylily (lat. Hemerocallis) , or red daylily , is a herbaceous rhizomatous perennial of the subfamily Daylilies of the Asphodelaceae family. Homeland - East Asia. Daylily has been known to mankind since ancient times, but science first started talking about it in 1753, when Carl Linnaeus gave it the name “hemerocallis,” which consists of two Greek words: “hemera,” which means “day, day,” and “callos.” , which means “beauty.” In Russian the plant is called krasodnev, that is, beauty that lives only one day.
Not only cultivated species and varieties of daylilies are beautiful, but also “savages” growing in nature. In addition, daylily flowers are so unpretentious that gardeners call them the lazy gardener's plant, but this is only true for old varieties. In recent years, thanks to American and Australian breeders, daylilies have found themselves at the peak of fashion: new varieties, although more capricious than the previous ones, are so incredibly beautiful that you don’t regret the time or effort spent on them.
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The perennial is unpretentious, drought-resistant, and tolerates temperature changes well. Caring for daylilies is not particularly difficult. The plant should be watered rarely, but abundantly. Watering is carried out at the root, trying not to get on the foliage. The plant can do without watering for some time, but will bloom less intensely. It is especially important to water the bush in the second half of July, when flower buds are being laid for the next year.
It is important to know! Overwatering has a bad effect on the plant and can lead to rotting of the neck and roots.
Weed and loosen the top layer of soil regularly. At the same time, they try not to touch the root system, which can rot.
Botanical description
Daylily adventitious roots are cord-like, usually fleshy, thick, and this helps the plants survive in drought. The leaves are basal, broadly linear, two-rowed, arcuate or straight. Daylily flowers are six-parted, large, most often funnel-shaped, orange, yellow, red-brown or yellow, collected several times in inflorescences. Up to three flowers bloom at the same time, and the total flowering period of a daylily bush is more than three weeks. One or several peduncles are leafy, depending on the type and variety, from 30 cm to 1 m in height, sometimes even higher. The fruit of the daylily is a triangular capsule with seeds. In gardening, both natural plant species and numerous cultivated varieties and forms are used.
Pests and diseases
Daylily bushes can be affected by fungal and viral diseases. Root collar rot is a fungal pathology transmitted by pests. The disease can develop during deep planting or poor soil aeration. To prevent disease, do not allow stagnation of water or overfeeding plants with nitrogen.
Leaf streaking is caused by a fungus. Yellow stripes appear on the foliage, and the above-ground part of the bush turns brown and dries out. The affected leaves are removed, and the daylily is treated with a fungicide.
Rust - red spots on leaves and flowers. Plant growth slows down and flowering intensity decreases. The disease cannot be treated.
Note! Non-infectious diseases appear due to unfavorable weather, violations of planting and care rules.
The main pests of daylily:
- thrips are small sucking insect pests that can be found on the inside of leaves;
- aphids - often attack flowers in hot weather and serve as a carrier of viral diseases;
- spider mite – becomes more active in dry, hot weather;
- root mite - damages leaves and inhibits plant growth.
At the beginning of the growing season, preventive spraying of flowers with systemic insecticides and acaricides is carried out.
Leaf damage by thrips
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In rainy years, many slugs appear on daylily leaves. To combat them, metaldehyde is used. Blue granules are laid out on the soil surface, 3 pieces per plant.
Growing daylilies in the garden
Growing conditions
In nature, in their natural habitat, daylilies grow among shrubs on the edges of forests, so logically it is best to grow it in partial shade, and this will be correct if the partial shade is in Australia, Africa or the south of France. In our gardens, daylilies planted in partial shade may not have enough light and heat for full flowering, especially when it comes to hybrid varieties. Only bright sunlight will make the daylily bloom unique.
In the photo: Growing daylilies in a flower bed
The soil
As for the soil for the daylily, although the plant is unpretentious and any garden soil will suit it, but if you want to get the maximum benefit from the daylily, it is better to adjust the soil in which you immerse the daylily root in accordance with its tastes: add sand to clay soil and compost, enrich sandy – clay, soddy-podzolic soil with compost.
The ideal soil composition is rich loam with good drainage. In terms of acidity, the soil should be neutral or slightly acidic.
If creating good drainage for the area is a problem, make raised beds for daylilies. Otherwise, daylilies require attention, but do not cause trouble.
What colors do daylilies go with?
Daylilies in garden design are used both as single plants and as group plants. They look great against the background of trees and shrubs (viburnum, paniculata hydrangea, bamboo). Densely bushy varieties of daylily make very beautiful borders, and low-growing, small-flowered species and varieties are very good near stone hills, on the banks of a pond or river. Daylilies are also used as decoration for winter gardens; cut flowers last a long time in bouquets.
In the photo: Orange daylilies in the garden
Since by the end of summer many daylilies lose their decorative value, think in advance about what plants to plant them in composition with so that the yellowed, dying daylily leaves are not visible.
Designers advise using ornamental grasses, physostegia, yarrows of different shades or point loosestrife.
Use in landscape design
Its unpretentiousness, duration of flowering and decorative effect throughout the growing season open up great possibilities for the use of daylily in landscape design. The plant is suitable for single planting and goes well with other plants.
Daylily looks good in group plantings next to astilbe, phlox, and irises. Framing the composition with plants with decorative foliage - hostas, heucheras - looks beautiful. Leaf rosettes of daylily go well with late-blooming perennials - asters, chrysanthemums. A flowerbed with blooming daylilies looks interesting when planted in the background and between bushes of ornamental grasses.
Flower in plant composition
Many gardeners love daylilies for their ease of planting and care, beautiful and long-lasting flowering. Beginning gardeners can be advised to begin their acquaintance with flowers by growing natural species and well-known varieties that have proven themselves to be hardy and winter hardy.
Planting daylilies
When to plant
Plants are planted from spring to autumn - planting time depends on your climate. If winter comes early and quickly in your area, it means that a daylily planted in the fall may not have time to take root before frost and will die, because on average a plant needs a month to take root. But if you choose garden forms with an early or medium flowering period, then even in latitudes far from the south, your daylilies can have time to prepare for winter in the garden. In addition, mulching a bed with wintering daylilies can protect them from cold and frost.
In the photo: How daylilies grow in a flowerbed
Based on these considerations, decide when to plant flowers. Flower growers believe that the best time to plant daylilies in the middle zone is May or August. It is also better to divide and replant daylilies in spring or August.
How to plant
Before planting a daylily, pre-purchased planting material must be soaked in water or highly diluted mineral fertilizer several hours before planting in the ground so that the roots swell and come to life, and then you will immediately see which roots should be carefully removed. Trim the remaining roots to 20-30 centimeters in length.
In the photo: Young daylily
Dig a separate hole up to 30 cm deep for each bush or division, and do not forget that you are planting daylilies for a long time, and the bush, which has grown over time to 50-70 cm in diameter, should not be crowded. Pour a mixture of sand, peat and humus into each hole, add ash with superphosphate or potassium-phosphorus fertilizer, lower the roots into the hole, distribute them over the mound so that there are no voids left under the roots, fill the hole with soil, but not completely.
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Next, holding the plant with one hand, squeeze the soil well around it, water it generously, filling the hole to the brim with water (if the water is quickly absorbed, it means you haven’t compacted the soil well, so add dry soil on top and compact it again), and only now pour soil to the edges of the hole. It is very important that the root collar of the daylily is at a depth of no more than 2-3 cm, otherwise growth retardation and the risk of plant rotting are likely. If you did everything correctly, then the moisture received during planting should be enough for the plant to take root.
Transplanting daylilies
Daylilies grow in one place for up to 15 years, but age affects the quality of flowering. As soon as you notice that your already middle-aged, luxurious daylily has begun to lose its former beauty, there are fewer flowers on its peduncle, and they themselves are smaller, which means it’s time to plant the bush. Dig up the bush along its outer border and carefully remove it along with a lump of earth, being careful not to damage the roots. Place the roots under a strong stream of water to wash away the soil, then carefully separate into individual fans.
With a certain skill, you can do without knives or pruners, but if you still have to cut the roots somewhere, treat the wounded areas with a fungicide.
It is best to plant and replant plants in cloudy weather, and if you had to wait for it, bury the divisions and daylily bushes in the sand so that new roots do not immediately begin to grow, and you can not remember about them for two weeks. Before planting, shorten the roots, removing rotten and dead ones, trim the leaves to 15-20 cm in the shape of an inverted letter “V” and plant the division in the place that you determined for it in the manner described above.
In the photo: Dense planting of daylilies
Feeding and replanting
Adult daylily bushes need to be fed three times during the growing season. In May, nitrogen fertilizer is applied to the bush. You should not overfeed the plant. Excess nitrogen leads to an increase in green mass to the detriment of flowering.
During the period of bud formation, perennials are fed with mineral phosphorus-potassium fertilizer. A month after flowering, fertilizing is repeated to ensure the full formation of flower buds for the next year.
Daylily can grow in one place for 8-10 years. Old plants are difficult to rejuvenate; they are overgrown on all sides with small divisions that are difficult to take root. Large bushes are difficult to replant.
Plants are better tolerated when transplanted at the age of 3-5 years. In May or September, the plant is dug up, if necessary, divided into 2-3 parts, and planted in planting holes with a prepared substrate.
Caring for daylilies
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Daylilies are a lot of fun, but require very little attention. For example, they do not need to be watered frequently. Daylilies need watering only during prolonged drought, but then they need to pour plenty of water under the roots to deeply saturate the soil with water; watering time is evening.
The amount of fertilizing depends on the quality of the soil in the garden, so determine for yourself how many times you will have to fertilize the soil around the daylilies, which are better to underfeed than to overdo it with fertilizers, but two fertilizing is required.
- The first feeding with complex mineral fertilizers is carried out in the spring, when the leaves begin to grow: dry granules are scattered between the bushes, then they are “sealed” with a rake, and the ground is well watered.
- The second mandatory feeding is carried out in August, a month after the peak of daylily flowering, during a short dormant period, in order to ensure the quality and quantity of next year's buds, which are laid during this period. Kemira-plus is considered the best fertilizer.
And remember: after fertilizing, water the plants well.
Mulching the soil is of particular importance. This is done so that the soil above the root collars does not become compacted. The center of the bush is mulched with coarse river sand in a layer of up to 3 cm. The soil between the bushes is mulched with peat or compost if the soil is poor, but if the planting is located on rich soils, then it is better to mulch with pine needles or tree bark. They do this in order to protect plants from temperature fluctuations, preserve moisture in the soil and prevent the appearance of weeds. The mulch layer should be 6-7 cm.
If for some reason you do not want to mulch the area with daylilies, do not forget to loosen the soil after watering, destroy weeds and remove wilted flowers.
Daylily propagation
In August, it is time to replant daylilies, at the same time dividing the bushes. This is a vegetative method of propagating daylilies, which we have already discussed in detail. In addition to dividing the bush, daylilies are propagated by seeds, but this species does not retain varietal characteristics, therefore it is used only by breeders to develop new varieties. There is another way to propagate daylilies - without digging up the main bush, but it is only suitable for varieties that form loose bushes.
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At the 3-4th year of the daylily’s life, the daughter rosette formed by it, which has already formed roots, is separated: a sharp shovel is placed vertically at the site of the intended cut and a part of the bush is separated with a sharp pressure of the foot, then the section cut off from the mother bush is cut from below, removed from the ground and transferred to transfers to another place. Cuts and damaged roots are treated with ash or crushed coal. This should be done in the spring, when the leaves are just beginning to grow, or in the fall after cutting the leaves from the daylilies.
Pests and diseases
Daylilies rarely get sick or are affected by pests, however, problems sometimes arise. The most dangerous pests for daylilies are thrips, lily gnats, water voles and slugs.
Thrips penetrate plants from the ground at a temperature of 10-12 ºC and begin their destructive life activity for plants: they suck the juice from the leaves, stems and petals, which causes the flowers to become deformed while still in buds. If you find thrips, dig up the plant and destroy it along with them - burn it. As a preventive measure, treat the soil around daylilies with insecticides in spring and autumn and do not leave plant debris that may contain pests in the beds for the winter.
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The lily gnat lays larvae in plant buds, and the larvae, as they grow, feed on the flowers and deform them. But this is not a mass phenomenon, so it is enough to simply remove damaged flowers.
In the photo: Large white daylily
Water voles love to feast on more than just daylily roots. The trouble is that every three or four years there is a peak increase in the number of rodents, and then they eat the roots of young apple trees, the bulbs of lilies and tulips, and the roots of daylilies. It is impossible to get rid of them, but you need to fight them using the usual methods of rodent control.
You will have to collect slugs by hand or use the drug Groza.
As for diseases, daylilies most often suffer from fusarium, rust and root rot.
Root rot appears in the spring, when young leaves that have grown back suddenly stop growing, turn yellow and are easily pulled out of the ground. You need to dig up the plant, cut out all areas affected by rot, wash the rhizome in a pink solution of potassium permanganate, treat the wounds with a fungicide, dry the rhizome for two days and transplant it to another place. Don't expect it to bloom for two years. Do not plant daylilies in the area where the diseased plant grew for at least a year.
In the photo: Daylily after the rain
Rust appears in daylilies only if patrinia grows somewhere nearby - do not place them next door, and you will not have trouble. For prevention, thoroughly treat daylilies with fungicides.
Fusarium is a well-known problem. Affected plants have a depressed appearance, the leaves turn yellow and die prematurely, and the roots look like rot. The disease is fungal, destroyed at an early stage with fungicides. If the infection is in full force, the plant will have to be burned, the soil where it grew, and neighboring plants will need to be sprayed with Fundazol. As preventative measures, sterilize gardening tools, add Fitosporin-M to irrigation water, and loosen the top layer of soil after watering.
In the photo: Growing daylilies in the garden
Reproduction methods
Daylilies can reproduce vegetatively and by seeds. The most convenient way is to divide the bush. It is better to carry out the event in the spring so that the plant has time to take root well before the cold weather. Some plant varieties are easy to separate with your hands, but more often you have to use a sharp knife or shovel.
The bush is divided into several large parts. Each pruning should contain part of the root tissue, 2-3 buds, and several leaves. You can simply cut off the side part from the mother bush. After the procedure, an adult plant is not watered for several days so that the cut site does not rot.
Reproduction by dividing the bush
Proliferation (rooting of inflorescences) is a method of vegetative propagation of daylilies. The peduncle is not removed until the upper part dries. At this time, small rosettes of young plants form in place of the inflorescences. The peduncle is cut off, the foliage is shortened by a third. Seedlings are placed in water for roots to appear. Root formation is stimulated by adding 1-2 drops of Epin or Zircon.
When the roots grow to 3-5 cm, the shoots are planted in small pots. Leave it at home for the winter. They are planted in open ground in May, when the danger of frost has passed.
Daylilies are rarely propagated by seeds. It's a long process. Plants bloom only in the third year. Sowing seeds is justified for breeding purposes or when you need to grow a large amount of planting material.
Interesting information! During seed propagation, the varietal qualities of the mother plant are lost.
Rules for propagation by seeds:
- The seeds are soaked in a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide (15 ml per 1 liter of water), covered with a plastic bag and put in a dark place. Germination takes from 5 to 15 days. It is necessary to periodically check whether the seeds have hatched.
- When the roots appear, the sprouted seeds are placed on a layer of small pebbles and placed in the light.
- The seedlings develop a root system and small leaves appear. Young bushes can be planted in separate pots.
- Plants are planted in open ground when the leaves reach 15-20 cm in size.
Sowing of seeds is carried out in March. If there is lighting, you can sow the seeds earlier - in January-February.
Daylilies after flowering
According to one classification, daylilies are divided into deciduous, or dormant, semi-evergreen and evergreen. Dormant daylilies are distinguished by the fact that in the fall their leaves wither, die, and the plant goes into a dormant state until spring. Evergreens in our latitudes have only a two to three week rest period. Semievergreens occupy an intermediate position: in warmer climates they behave like evergreens, in cool climates they behave like deciduous ones: the leaves turn yellow, but growth does not stop completely.
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For deciduous or dormant daylilies, it is better to cut off the above-ground part for the winter, but not too low, leaving 15-20 cm above the surface. There is no need to cover them , since dormant daylilies are winter-hardy plants. However, in the eastern and northern regions of the country, in the event of a snowless winter, evergreen and semi-evergreen daylilies may freeze, especially if frosts are -20 ºC or lower. Therefore, for the winter it is better to cover them, like newly transplanted bushes, with dry leaves, spruce branches, straw or sawdust, but in early spring do not forget to remove the cover, since daylilies wake up very early.
Growing a plant
Daylilies are considered long-lived. They live without replanting for up to ten years in one place. Flowers are very unpretentious. Both partial shade and sunny side suit them.
The soil should be close to neutral, but the flower will grow on slightly acidic soil. It is better to fertilize it, but even without feeding, daylilies will be able to develop normally.
And they are not afraid of drought, although in the heat, do not forget about watering. Weeds overwhelm the plants in the first couple of years.
Then the spreading daylilies simply do not allow them to exist in peace. Harmful insects and diseases also avoid them.
Daylilies have a compact rhizome with short but powerful branches. Penetrating deep into the ground, the roots form stolons there.
The leaf plates forming the basal rosette are curved and long. Above them grow peduncles, strong and straight, the buds on which open gradually.
They don't need a garter. Daylily flowers resemble lilies, but their shapes are more interesting. Their palette is varied.
Particularly beautiful are those with rings or stripes of a different color. There are also varieties whose leaves are white-green. Daylily has very beautiful leaves.
It is planted next to plants that do not have a beautiful lower part, in front of tall flowers.
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Types and varieties of daylily
Natural views
All natural types of daylilies are beautiful, so they are readily used in floriculture, especially since they are very easy to care for and undemanding to growing conditions. In addition, they are resistant to diseases and pests, tolerate drought and waterlogging well, and, finally, they are durable. Popular species are yellow daylily, red daylily, Du Maurier daylily, lemon yellow daylily, and Middendorff daylily. Let's talk a little about some:
- orange daylily – leaves are hard, dark green, up to 3 cm wide, sharply curved, peduncles are branched at the top, up to a meter high, asymmetrical flowers, up to 12 cm in diameter, orange in the middle with a red-brown tint, blooms in July, no smell . In culture since 1890;
- Lemon yellow daylily is found only in areas of Central China, its flower shape resembles a white lily, and it has a nocturnal flowering type. It forms a bush 80-90 cm in height, peduncles are tall, branched at the top, flower length is up to 14 cm, width is 12 cm, the aroma is pleasant and very strong. Blooms for up to forty days in the second half of summer;
- Dumortier's daylily , or wolfberry , grows in Northeast China, Japan, Korea and the Far East. Compact bush up to 70 cm tall, bright green leaves 2-2.5 cm wide, peduncles at the level of the leaves, 2-4 yellow-orange wide open flowers 5 cm in diameter form a dense inflorescence. A favorite of breeders. In culture since 1830.
In the photo: Lemon yellow daylily
In the photo: Orange daylily
Hybrid daylily
Or garden daylily - the general name of numerous varieties of hybrid origin, of which there are currently more than 60,000. The greatest contribution to the selection of daylily was made by American and Australian flower growers, who managed to create species that differ in flower shape, the presence or absence of aroma, flowering time, height and such a wide range of colors that it is difficult to say what color daylily is not in cultivation. Hybrid daylily is the subject of a voluminous and structurally complex classification, in which plants are divided according to the length of the peduncle, the shape and size of the flower, flowering time, color, type of vegetation and many more characteristics, and we will not delve into the presentation of this scientific work, created to a greater extent for scientific specialists. Let us introduce you to some interesting types and varieties of daylilies that will help you get an impression of this amazing and beautiful flower.
Daylilies group double
This is, simply put, a double type of daylily that has additional perianth petals. All varieties are incredibly beautiful. For example:
- Daylily Double Cutie – flower diameter – 10 cm, chartreuse-colored petals, green throat, mid-early flowering;
- daylily Double Dream - apricot-colored petals with a dark orange throat 12 cm in diameter, bush height 60 cm, basal leaves;
- daylily Double Red Royal - the flowers are large, dark red, the petals resemble royal velvet. The shape of the flower is unusual: the outer petals are large, inside them there is an openwork rosette of smaller petals. The plant produces up to 30 peduncles, each with 10-20 flowers. Daylily reblooming.
In the photo: Daylily Double Dream
In the photo: Daylily Double Yellow
In the photo: Daylily Double Cutie
Arachnid daylilies (spiders)
Varieties with flowers whose segments are much longer than wide and resemble spiders in shape:
- daylily Helix - a huge spider with a green throat, gradually turning into yellow petals, the ends of which are dark crimson - very beautiful;
- Arms to Haven is a giant with a yellow-green throat and lilac-red long petals, blooms profusely, height 90 cm, 16-20 flowers on a peduncle;
- Free Healing is a very large spider of creamy yellow color and a red throat, thin petals are very elongated, up to 45 buds on one peduncle.
Fragrant daylilies
They come in all colors, shapes and sizes. Daylilies are so beautiful that they could have no scent at all, but growing a flower in your garden that combines beauty and a wonderful aroma is the dream of any gardener:
- Apple Spring - soft pink petals with a heavily ruffled greenish-yellow border around the edge. The diameter of the flower is 15 cm, on each peduncle 65 cm high there are up to 28 fragrant flowers;
- Ode to Faith - deep yellow color with a pink tint along the middle stripe of the petal, golden ruffled border, green throat. Peduncle height 84 cm, flower diameter – 15 cm, delicate aroma;
- deciduous daylily Stella do Oro - delicate, fragrant, ruffled dark yellow funnel-shaped flowers 7 cm in diameter bloom profusely throughout the summer. This variety is the winner of many awards from the American Daylily Society; it is beautiful not only in the garden, not only as a border plant, but also as a houseplant.
In the photo: Daylily Ode to Faith
In the photo: Daylily Stella do Oro
White daylilies
It must be said that among the varieties and forms of daylilies there are many that can conditionally be called white. Here are some of them:
- Apple Blossom White is a white daylily with a yellow, heavily ruffled border. Height – 83 cm, on peduncles there are 2 branches with 25 flowers;
- Ruffled Parchment - ruffled white daylily with a smooth transition from creamy white to yellow in the throat area, very fragrant, flower diameter - 13 cm, peduncle height - 5 cm;
- Granny Smith - almost white petals with a green ruffled border.
In the photo: White daylily
In the photo: White daylily
The fact is that absolutely white daylilies do not exist either in nature or in culture, so breeders introduced the expression “near white”, which means almost white. In fact, the petals of daylilies, called white, are very light shades of cream, melon, pink, lavender or yellow.
Currently, scientists are working towards increasing the doubleness and diameter of the flower, increasing the corrugation of the petals, and daylily is such a promising material for breeders that we can expect many new beautiful varieties and forms in the very near future.
Species
With all the variety of daylily varieties, their genus includes only six species. They have characteristic differences that are clearly visible in the photo.
Hemerocallis fulva
This species is widespread in culture throughout the globe, on all its continents. The territories of its natural growth are temperate climatic zones. It looks like a tall semi-bush with long thin drooping leaves. The inflorescences are located on thin but strong, often tall peduncles; the flowers are bright and large, of yellow-orange heterogeneous color.
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
The basic flowers of this species are lemon-yellow in color and medium in size. The petals are shorter than those of the previous species, oval-pointed. Has a strong pleasant smell.
Daylily Citrina
A variety that came from China. It is distinguished by thin long petals of bright lemon color with a very rich aroma. A characteristic feature is that this daylily blooms at night and never fully opens its buds.
Hemerocallis minor
It is widespread in the Far East of our country, as well as in China and Mongolia. Here it is found everywhere in the wild. The inflorescence contains up to 7 buds, painted in sunny lemon color with a slight green.
Thunberg daylily
It has a significant external resemblance to the “citrina” variety, which is why they are often confused. They have few differences, but they are fundamental - Thunberg's species blooms in the daytime, and its aroma is very weak.
Hemerocallis middendorffii
Another Far Eastern variety of daylilies. It has a dense turf with drooping thin leaves and is characterized by very early flowering. The color of the buds is bright yellow.
Planting a plant
Daylilies are decorative flowers. They are spectacular in a mixborder next to a pond; they can be planted in groups or individually. Dwarf varieties are suitable for rose gardens.
Thanks to their beautiful foliage, daylilies look beautiful with any roses. Most daylily varieties bloom when roses have finished their initial wave of flowering.
If they are low, the same low varieties of daylilies are combined with them. Try to combine with large flowers, since daylilies are quite powerful. Maintain a small distance between them.
Planting is carried out in the spring, when the above-ground part reaches 15 centimeters. It is possible to plant daylilies when flowering ends, or during the growing season.
Prepare the flower itself. Shorten the roots of the daylily by 1/3, keep them in a saturated solution of manganese, sprinkle with a root former, for example, “Kornevin”.
Choose a suitable place on the site, dig a hole. Mix the dug soil, sand, compost, peat in equal proportions, pour 200 g of ash on top, water it and place it in the hole.
Make a mound in the middle and place the plant, carefully straightening out all the roots. Cover with sand. Water thoroughly. Mulch the ground under the daylily.
Signs and superstitions
There are many interesting signs and beliefs associated with amaryllis:
- It is believed that the plant is under the protection of Fire and has powerful energy. Therefore, his presence in the house brings joy and happiness to all residents, and drives out troubles and negativity.
- If you think about your cherished dream while planting a bulb, it will come true. When the amaryllis blooms, the wish will certainly come true, after which the flower must be thanked for its help.
- A beautiful and attractive flower is endowed with the ability to release positive energy. If you place it in the kitchen, it will give your household health and a positive mood.
- If after the guest leaves the amaryllis flowers droop, it means he is an angry, unkind person and treats you insincerely. You should try not to contact him.
