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Re: Day Lily Questions

Your answer is easy. There are daylilies that are NOCTURNAL. They start to 
bloom the evening before and close the next evening. Most
daylilies open in the morning and close that evening. NO individual
bloom lasts more than a day. Your nursery is confusing daylilies,
species HEMEROCALLIS with true Lilies, species LILIUM. The main difference 
is daylilies have ovaries behind the tepals and sepals,
whereas true lilies have them in front of the tepals and sepals. Daylilies, 
once established are very draught tolerant, and weekly
applications of Miracle Gro will encourage them to rebloom.
As I type this, my 1998 daylily seedlings are blooming. Every day is
like Christmas when I see a new seedling blooming. I have several
perfect round pie crust ruffled creamy white with red eyes, and one that I 
am keeping is 8, yes EIGHT inches, pink lavender with a purple
eye, a cross involving Paper Butterfly. Send for my trading and seed list 
for this fall.
Cheers, Karl Dan


>From: "Chrystal Eshelman" <chrystal@pe.net>
>Reply-To: daylily-open@mallorn.com
>To: <daylily-open@mallorn.com>
>Subject: Day Lily Questions
>Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 10:55:30 -0700
>
>Hi!
>
>I am new to the world of day lilies, but really enjoy them.  I
>have planted 3 plants this year from my local nursery.  One has
>begun to bloom and all three have many new buds that will start
>opening soon.  I am wondering if any of you have experience with
>your day lilies closing and then re-opening the next day?  So far
>the one that has bloomed has opened at night then closed at night
>and not ever opened again.  At the nursery where I purchased them
>I overhead them talking to another customer and stating that they
>will last "5  to 6 days".  When I questioned this nurseryman he
>said " that is under the right conditions".  Has anyone else had
>this experience and what are the right conditions?  He was really
>busy so I did not get a chance to ask him.  Thanks for your help.
>
>Chrystal
>
>Chrystal Eshelman
>"A friend is a present you give yourself."  Robert Louis Stevenson
>My Email:  chrystal@pe.net
>My Webpage:  http://www.pe.net/~chrystal/
>My ICQ Pager # 5214020
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