Daylily
- Botanical Name
- Hemerocallis
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 9
- Height
- 12 to 48 inches
- Width
- 12 to 30 inches
- Flowers
- Early summer to frost: most colors except blue; various flower types; edible
- Light
- Full sun (pastels fade) to full shade (floppy and poor flowering)
- Soil
- Well-drained, organic
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 12 to 24 inches apart
- Divide repeat blooming daylilies every 3 years - 3 shoots per division to encourage repeat blooms
- Deadhead for aesthetics
- Tolerates moderate amounts of salt
- Problems
- None serious, animals, leafspot
- Varieties
- Siloam Series - early and mid summer blooms, 20" tall and wide
- Strawberry Candy - repeat bloomer, coral pink flowers with strawberry-red eyes
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