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Re: Desigining with daylillies

     Where you put them in the border depends on the type you choose, the 
     minis or standard heights.  I have some standard size (to about 3 
     feet) on each end of border behind my pool, where there is a bench 
     built into the deck at the end of the pool.  I have a trellis in the 
     middle with clematis.  Adjacent to that I have cannas (not the minis), 
     then the daylilys.  I wanted a tropical look, and passiflora probably 
     would have been better with the hot reds, yellows and oranges of the 
     cannas and daylilys, but the clematis stops blooming anyway before the 
     others come out, so it is just a green background.  Self-sown around 
     these are Nicotiana alata, California poppies and Impatiens balfouri.  
     The impatiens are not a "hot" color, either, but I can't be bothered 
     to control them, and the hummingbirds and bumblebees love them.  The 
     greeny-white of the Nicotiana is not particularly hot, but I think 
     white goes with everything.
     
     I have a mini (maybe 1 to 1-1/2 ft.) next to and at the beginning of a 
     path.  There are irises behind it and (true) Geraniums growing all 
     around it.  Further back is a lace-cap hydrangea and a Philadelphus.
     
     My feeling about them is they're best for a tropical look, but fit 
     elsewhere.  You'll see them planted in traffic islands, along 
     sidewalks and borders all over southern California.  They're 
     exceedingly tough plants, tolerating both dry and soggy conditions and 
     poor soil.  Some of mine bloomed the first year, others not till the 
     second, and they got much better over time.  I've got Stella D'Oro, of 
     course, for the scent, and a reddish one (Apple something, just 
     magnificent) and several more yellows with colored accents.  They're 
     good with the ubiquitous Agapanthus, which also comes in a dwarf form, 
     but I am not so fond of this plant.  They tolerate the same conditions 
     and look good together, so I guess that is why you see them so joined 
     so much.  I understand some of the colored varieties revert to yellow 
     over time, but mine have not done so yet.
     
     Avril Tolley, SF Bay Area, California


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Subject: Desigining with daylillies
Author:  perennials@mallorn.com at Internet
Date:    6/25/97 9:17 AM


Here is a design question -- I've been wanting to incorporate daylillies 
into my perennial border, but I am at a loss in terms of design -- do they 
go in the back or the front?  What are good plants to mix them with (I am 
in Southern California, Sunset zone 24, USDA 10 b or 11), anything special 
I need to know about designing with daylillies?
     
Thanks for your help!
     
Nan
     
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Nan Sterman, "gardening addict"
Olivenhain, California
Sunset Zone 24, USDA Zone 10b or 11
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