Daylilies - hemerocallis

These plants have a long flowering season even though each individual bloom lasts only one day, hence its common name ‘daylily’.

Their trumpet flowers come in white, yellow, pink as well as all shades of its most usual colour - orange.

My personal favourite is Hemerocallis ‘American Revolution’ which is a deep burgundy red and looks fantastic planted in drifts with other brightly coloured plants such as Kniphofias. Another great variety is Hemerocallis ‘Golden Chimes’ which has small yellow/orange flowers.

Plant daylilies in full sun and moist but reasonably well-drained soil. They will clump up very quickly making them excellent in the fight against weeds.

Once clumps have started to become congested, which results in reduced flowering, dig them up and divide into smaller sections. This is best carried out in spring. Add well-rotted compost to the soil when planting to give them a good start.

To prolong flowering break off individual flowers as they fade and to keep the clump looking tidy cut out the flowering stem when flowering has finished.

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