Hemerocallis | Daylily | Flower

Hemerocallis belongs to the plant family HEMEROCALLIDACE and Genus Hemerocallis This Flower prefers soil a pH of 7 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun to partial shade

We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Hemerocallis does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds

Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Hemerocallis so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties

Hemerocallis daylily is not known as a butterfly attracting plant

Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … No fertilizer

Hemerocallis can survive very cold winters with annual averages as low as -30 Fahrenheit. Daylily does best in full sun to partial shade.

Hemerocallis will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.

The flowers appear in various colors.

This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 3' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page

This plant is will tolerate frost and is classed as … Very hardy

Some suggested culinary uses for this plant are … Cooked. A descriptive flavor or texture charateristic of this plant is … has buds and blossoms that are sweet with a mucilaginous texture and that tubers are crisp and nutty

Sprouts;Buds;Leaves;Tubers … are the edible part(s) of the Southern Mountain Cranberry plant

The sprouts of this plant as well as the buds and the leaves and the tubers are all edible. Hemerocallis is most often used cooked.

"Unusual Vegetables: Something New for This Year's Garden", Anne Moyer Halpin, editor, Organic Gardening and Farming, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1978.

"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.