Daylilies 101

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Topics:• Daylily forms, sizes and colors• What’s new in daylilies• Pests and diseases • Daylily culture• Extending your bloom season• Daylilies in the garden

Miniatures – (under 3” in diameter) ‘Blue Flirt’ (G. Stamile 01) 2.87” 18” EM

‘Little Sensation’ G. Stamile 96 2.87” 12” M

‘Bubbly’ (J. Joiner 89) 2.87” 20” M

‘Magician’s Apprentice’ (G. Stamile 02) 2.75” 18”

‘Jason Salter’ (E. H. Salter 87) 2.75” 18” EM

‘Little Damsel’ (G. Stamile 05) 2” 10” EMRe

Small flowers – 3 -4.5” ‘Baby Fresh’ (Joiner 91) 3.75” 16” EMRe

‘Bertie’ (E. Salter 98) 3.5” 24” EMRe

‘Buddy’s Angel Baby’ (J. Hall 06) 3” EM Re

‘Coffee To Go’ (H. Anderson 03) 3” 26” Ere

Large flowers – over 4.5” and under 7”‘Adamas’ (Stamile 02) Tet Evr M Re 23” 6”

‘Franklin Edward League’ Munson 95 26” 5”

‘Mary’s Gold’ McDonnell 84 34” 6.5”

‘Cinnamon Sunrise’ Copenhaver 91 25” 6.5”

‘Claudine’s Charm’ Sellers 00 26” 5.5”

‘Betty Ford’ D. Kirchhoff 03

26” 5.5”

Extra large flowers 7” or larger ‘Beautiful Edgings’ Copenhaver 89 30” 7”

‘Mark Alan Carpenter’ J. Carpenter 03 22” 7”

Spiders - petal length =4 times petal width‘French Twist’ Stamile 03 38” 9”

‘Laughing Skies’ Stamile 03 EERe 38” 12”

Unusual Forms – twist and curl, cascade or pinch, petals not as narrow as spiders ‘Heavenly Curls’ Gossard 00 27” 7”

‘Brer Rabbit’s Baby’ N. Roberts 02 30” 5”

Doubles – extra segments or petaloids‘Big Kiss’ Joiner 91 28” 5.5”

‘Night Embers’ Stamile 97 30” 5”

‘Trufflicious’ D. Kirchhhoff 03 27” 5.5” Ere

What’s new : Patterns, teeth, edges, polymerous, sculpted‘Barcode’ Stamile 07

‘Get Jiggy’ Stamile 08

‘Fringy’ Stamile 08 32” 5.5”

‘Larry’s Twilight Bite’ Gossard 12

Gossard toothy seedling

Gossard patterned seedling

Gossard patterned seedling

‘Crystal Smith’ Smith- Harry 11

‘Crystal Smith’ Smith –Harry 11

‘Rose F. Kennedy’ Doorakian 07 29” 8”

‘Cosmic Kaleidoscope’ J. Carpenter 06

‘Vivid Veins’ Lambertson 10

‘Tiger By The Tail’ Herr 09

Stamile seedling

‘Rumble in the Jungle’ Trimmer 08

‘Cosmic Aftershock’ E. Salter 12

Bob Faulkner seedling Image by Bob Faulkner

Pests and diseases of daylilies– daylily leafminer

Daylily leaf streak

Daylily rust

• Recommended: plant or divide fans in spring or fallDAYLILY CULTURE 101

• Avoid planting too deeply – crown no more than 1” deep • Water thoroughly after planting but avoid over-watering

• Trim plants before replanting themFertilizing: Spring and fall

Plant-Tone by Espoma Milorganite Osmocote10-10-10 (fall)

Daylilies 101: Fertilizers and Spraying

Spraying: Bayer Systemic (hose end sprayer) For leaf streak : Cleary 3336 ( foliage 4”)

Extend your bloom season – grow EE, E, ML, L and VL bloomers

‘Running Late’ J.P. Murphy 06 VLRe ( Aug-Sept.)

‘Charon The Ferryman’ Bachman 03 La

‘Stella’s Ruffled Fingers’ Crichton 99 EE Re

‘Day Glo Red’ Tankesley –Clarke 07 EERe

‘Clowns In Washington’ Clement 09 LA

‘Royal Corsage’ Stamile 05 EERe

..but … there’s no place like home!

‘Aaron Brown’ Herr 06

‘Abby Davisson’ J. Davisson 11

‘Along Came Amanda’ T. Herrington 12

‘Neon Flamingo’ Gossard 06

‘Mean Green’ Davisson 08

‘Red Hot Chili Quackers’ Eller 09

‘Celebrating Gold’ J. P. Murphy 11

‘Desire of Nations’ Emmerich 08

Daylilies play well with others ( perennials and annuals! )

Bulbs work well as companions with daylilies

Favorite companion plants (in my zone 6/7 climate)Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’

Salvia ‘Black and Blue’

Clematis ‘Polish Spirit’

Eryngium ‘Sapphire Blue’

Heucheras

Liatris Spicata ‘Kobold’

Lilium ‘Conca D’Or’

Nepeta ‘Walkers Low’ and Nepeta ‘subsessiliss’

Kalimeris Incisa ‘Blue Star’

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