Daylily (Hemerocallis): Indestructible Beauty

We’d describe the Daylily as “the backbone of the perennial garden” except that would do a disservice to this most durable plant — backbones, as every gardener knows, are fragile things, whereas Daylilies are close to indestructible. Thriving in a wide range of soils and in sun or partial shade, these long-lived perennials are sufficiently vigorous to function as a weed-suppressing ground cover. Pests and diseases rarely pose a serious threat if Daylilies are grown in suitable conditions and given minimal care.

A Daylily for Every Taste
Whether your taste in flowers tends toward the chaste or the shamelessly flamboyant, there is a Daylily for you. There were, in fact, at last counting some 60,000 distinct Daylily varieties; from this horde, we’ve selected a diverse but manageable assortment of the very best. If you want trumpets of snowy white with a cool, green throat, you can opt for ‘Lady Elizabeth’. If you need a full-blooded, almost black, purple-red, we suggest ‘Jungle Beauty’. You’ll find every color here other than blue, and if you can’t make decisions, you may purchase one of our collections or mixes, which offer a smorgasbord of different hues and flower types.

Weeks and Weeks of Flowers
As the name “Daylily” suggests, individual Daylily blossoms last only a day, but a given plant produces new flowering stems over some weeks, and if early bloomers are matched with midseason and late Daylilies, as in our “Crescendo” mix, the result is a summer of unceasing bloom