Q. Every summer I notice those pretty orange flowers blooming en masse along the highway. What are they? Do they only come in one color? Will they grow in my yard? I am new to gardening, and need all ...

Although not a true lily, the day lily is a member of the lily family. Its botanical name, Hemerocallis, is derived from two Greek words meaning "day" and "beauty" and refers to the fact that day lily ...

Pruning your daylilies can encourage future growth, but the main benefits are aesthetic. Deadhead the dead flowers by hand, pinching and twisting the blooms away from the stems. If cutting back the ...

Daylilies are among the first perennials to appear in spring, sometimes breaking through the soil before the last snows melt. These fast-growing plants produce tall, vibrant green foliage, followed by ...

Q. I have a delightful neighbor who has lived in this area all her life; she regales me with stories about old landscapes, old homes, and old plants. One plant in particular she describes with ...

Getting the timing right is key because pruning daylilies at the wrong time can make plants flower less. Cutting back daylilies in the spring is better, as it gives them time to store energy in the ...

In nature, many beautiful things are fleeting. Such is the case with the daylily, with flowers that last for no more than one day. Luckily, daylilies are profuse bloomers producing a new flower each ...

Few plants give us give us as much pleasure while asking so little as do daylilies (Hemerocallis). They are about as close as it gets to having a no maintenance plant as you can get. They are one of ...

Daylily clumps become root-bound eventually, running out of fertile, loose soil to expand into. Their blossom production is directly tied to root growth, which is why newly planted daylilies bloom ...

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Daylilies are among America’s favorite perennial plants for good reasons — they bloom for long periods of time, spring through fall, and they are low maintenance and drought tolerant once established.