daylily thread
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: daylily thread
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 16:05:56 EST
In a message dated 3/4/00 4:12:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, llmen@execpc.com
writes:
<< >Well, Don...hafta say I'm with you. Couldn't wait to get one and
>have not loved it much. Find bloom color extremely harsh and
>unattractive orangeish-gold...not my fav. color... >>
For fragrance, two day flowers, very early bloom and rock hardiness daylily
lovers might try hemerocallis flava (lilioasphodelus). H. flava blooms here
in cold country in late May along with the Darwin tulips. It is free of all
insects and pests for me. The plants has green grassy foliage that lasts all
season in GOOD condition, no diseased or dried off foliage. It is the ideal
foliage to cover dried and dead allium foliage.
This plant is intensely fragrant and will bloom in a bit of shade. All of
the scapes bloom at about the same height, the clump is good for about two
weeks.
H. flava can be purchased in many catalogs and. if patient, can be grown
from seed. The color is lemon yellow and the plant is often referred to as
the lemon lily. As many yellow daylilys are called lemon lilies it would be
best to buy this plant labelled correctly.
Several other species of hemerocallis are also superior garden plants.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY z4
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