- Plant daylilies properly
- care tips
- Which location is suitable?
- When is flowering time?
- Properly cut the daylily
- Fertilize daylilies properly
- hibernate
- Propagating daylily
- How do I plant correctly?
- Is daylily poisonous?
- Daylily does not bloom
- Sow the seeds of the daylily
- Divide the daylily
- Is the daylily hardy?
- Are daylilies edible?
- daylily varieties
- The most beautiful varieties
Its picturesque flowering lasts just one summer day. If it closes in the evening, the floral successor is already ready. It is no coincidence that daylilies are among the most magnificent ornamental perennials. Here you can find out how to elicit the glamorous performance from the beauties.
There are around 60,000 different varieties of daylilies
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Show all- Plant daylilies properly
- care tips
- Which location is suitable?
- When is flowering time?
- Properly cut the daylily
- Fertilize daylilies properly
- hibernate
- Propagating daylily
- How do I plant correctly?
- Is daylily poisonous?
- Daylily does not bloom
- Sow the seeds of the daylily
- Divide the daylily
- Is the daylily hardy?
- Are daylilies edible?
- daylily varieties
- The most beautiful varieties
- Time slots are open in April/May and September/October
- Dig a pit about 30 cm deep in a sunny spot
- Distribute a drainage of gravel or grit (46.95€) on the sole
- Form a small mound over this with soil/compost mix
- Plant the daylily bulb in the middle and cover it with a maximum of 5 cm of substrate
- Water when dry
- Mulch regularly with lawn clippings or bark mulch
- Apply a slow-release fertilizer at the end of April/beginning of May
- Alternatively, fertilize organically every 14 days with compost, guano (€121.99) or plant manure
- Sunny to partially shaded position
- Nutritious soil, not too dry and with excellent drainage
- Early flowering period: from May to June/July
- Medium flowering period: from June to July/August
- Late flowering period: from August to September/October
- As a vase ornament
- For use in the kitchen
- To prevent seed stalls
- Before or after a split
- Apply a slow-release fertilizer for flowering plants at the end of April/beginning of May
- Alternatively, fertilize organically every 14 days from April to early August
- Pamper daylilies in the tub with liquid fertilizer every 2 weeks
- Before the first frost, wrap the tub in bubble wrap or jute
- Stand on insulating material such as wood or styrofoam
- Prune daylilies to cover the substrate with foliage or straw
- Low-light location
- Too big bucket
- waterlogging
- dryness
- Aged flower
- year of sowing
- diseases and pests
- In February, soak the seeds in water for 1 day
- Sow in seed soil, sieve thinly and keep moist
- At room temperature in a partially shaded place, germination proceeds quickly
- The ideal dates are early spring and autumn
- Get the roots out of the ground with a spade or digging fork and clean them
- Cut into pieces with a sharp knife
- Each segment has at least 2 shoots
- Kwanso: double daylily with brown-red flowers and a growth height of 70-100 centimetres
- Artic Snow: creamy white flowers with a yellowish throat and black stamens
- August joy: magnificent, yellow-flowering daylily with a long flowering period from July to September
- Bella Lugosi: impresses with extra large, dark red flowers and a yellow-green heart
- Bonanza: decorative eye-catcher thanks to the red-brown star in the middle of golden-yellow petals
- Brunette: small-flowered beauty in red-brown for the tub, thanks to a growth height of 50 centimetres
- Chicago Apache: scores with unmistakable blood-red flowers from July to September
- Condilla: with a height of 40 centimeters and filled, orange-yellow flowers, it is recommended for pot culture
Plant daylilies properly
In order for the floral daydreams to take shape quickly, the following procedure when planting makes a significant contribution:
Finally, water and mulch to keep the soil warm and moist for longer.
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care tips
The summer bloom of a daylily requires an uncomplicated care program. If you pay attention to the following measures, the perennial will enjoy long-lasting vitality and willingness to bloom:
Cleaning up faded flowers immediately prevents energy-sapping seed formation and prevents self-seeding. Winter protection is recommended in the year of planting and for daylilies in tubs.
Which location is suitable?
The enchanting decorative perennials unfold their flowers in profusion if the location meets their requirements as much as possible. These criteria are relevant:
If you value the preservation of the intense luminosity, the location should not be in the middle of the blazing midday sun.
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When is flowering time?
While the flowering period is limited to 6 weeks, the flowering time of daylilies depends on the variety chosen. These choices are available:
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Properly cut the daylily
Although pruning is not a mandatory requirement for daylilies, it can be useful for these reasons.
Regularly cutting out withered leaves and flower heads maintains vitality and has a beneficial effect on new sprouting.
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Fertilize daylilies properly
One of the mainstays of professional care of daylilies is the balanced supply of nutrients. The soil is already optimized with compost during planting. From the second year, a suitable fertilizer fills up the empty energy depots of these ornamental perennials. How to handle it correctly:
From August there is no more fertilization so that the perennials can mature before winter. This process is supported by targeted fertilization with a potassium-rich agent from the end of June. Followers of organic fertilization use comfrey manure in this phase.
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hibernate
A well-established daylily does not require explicit winter protection in the bed. This applies in particular to varieties that come from European breeders. Covering with leaf soil, compost or needle brushwood is only recommended in the year of planting. On the other hand, if you cultivate daylilies in tubs, protection against frost is essential. The exposed position of the roots entails the risk of damage if the substrate freezes completely. How to prevent the shortcoming:
If the winter comes with frost, the perennials are at risk of drought stress. In this weather, low minus temperatures prevail, with the snow failing to provide moisture. Therefore, water the daylilies on frost-free days.
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Propagating daylily
It is a point of honor for the hobby gardener to multiply his daylilies on his own. There are three methods to choose from, which score with individual advantages. If you are striving for a single-variety offspring, which goes hand in hand with rejuvenation, the focus is on the division of the roots. In addition, some species and cultivars develop daughter plants in their leaf axils, which are cut out after flowering and planted in loose soil for rooting.
Pursue the goal of breeding a new variety or simply be surprised by the result, decide to sow the seeds.
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How do I plant correctly?
You have the opportunity to transplant your daylilies twice a year. In early spring or after flowering, the stress of this measure hardly affects the vitality of the ornamental perennial. To minimize damage to the roots, first loosen the soil thoroughly with the digging fork. Then lift the tuber out of the ground.
At the new location, loose bed soil enriched with compost awaits the new resident. The planting hole is twice as big as the root ball. Pile up a small mound in the middle to place the daylily on top. Place the flower exactly as deep in the ground as before. Watering and mulching rounds off the entire process in a meaningful way.
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Is daylily poisonous?
Daylilies have been considered a delicacy in China for generations and play a role in medicine. What is good for people is poisonous for pets. Don't let your cat nibble on a daylily as this could be deadly.
Daylily does not bloom
If daylilies refuse to flower, you cannot avoid a dedicated investigation of the cause. The following triggers are possible:
If the daylily develops numerous leaves without an inflorescence rising from them, there is overfertilization. Too much fertilizer or too much nitrogen-containing fertilizer forces foliage growth, which is at the expense of flowering.
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Sow the seeds of the daylily
After flowering, the fruits with the seeds ripen within 6-8 weeks. Harvest the seeds on a dry day. Put the seeds in a freezer bag with a piece of Zewa and keep them in the vegetable drawer of the fridge until spring. This stratification improves the germination mood of daylily seeds compared to drying. Sowing is successful:
If the seed pot is tight, the seedlings are pricked out. Take care of your pupils behind glass until the ice saints have passed in May. Only then do you plant the young daylilies in the bed or tub.
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Divide the daylily
When a daylily gets old, it becomes lazy to bloom. If it turns out to be an outstanding flower beauty, we would like to grow more specimens from it. In both cases, the division is the lynchpin. How to do it right:
Immediately replant the daylily segments in the new or previous location and water generously.
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Is the daylily hardy?
As perennial plants, daylilies are naturally hardy. This applies in particular to varieties that were bred in the local regions. If your ornamental shrub comes from the USA, frost resistance is not automatically given. If in doubt, cover flowers with leaves, straw or needle brushwood before the first frost.
Regardless of their natural hardiness, potted daylilies receive protection from freezing temperatures. Since the root ball is exposed to the rigors of the weather here, the container should be wrapped up tightly and placed on a block of wood. The degree of frost hardiness is beneficial if you apply a potassium fertilizer from June and completely stop the nutrient supply from the beginning of August.
Are daylilies edible?
Connoisseurs of Chinese cuisine swear by the buds and petals of a daylily as a tasty ingredient or as a snack between meals. All parts of the plant are edible, whether raw, boiled, fried or steamed. The yellow-red daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) is particularly popular with gourmets.
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daylily varieties
Of the almost 60,000 daylily varieties, most breeds come from the USA. Here the magnificent flowers are among the favorite perennials of hobby gardeners. In our cooler climate, most North American varieties turn out to be lazy to bloom. Therefore, be on the lookout for daylily varieties that come from local breeders.
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