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The Care & Feeding of Daylilies
The Care & Feeding of Daylilies. Daylilies are a gift for the casual gardener. The low-maintenance perennials reproduce freely and provide a long season of bloom. There are daylilies for every garden. For best results, plant daylilies grown or propagated in your climate area.
Daylilies are a gift for the casual gardener. The low-maintenance perennials reproduce freely and provide a long season of bloom. There are daylilies for every garden. For best results, plant daylilies grown or propagated in your climate area.
Identification
Daylilies' grassy foliage is often as dramatic as the tall stems of buds that bloom, one a day, for several weeks from early through late summer, depending on variety.
Planting
Plant daylilies in sunny locations in well-drained, slightly acidic garden soil. In areas with hot summers, daylilies will benefit from afternoon shade. Space daylilies one to two times as far apart as each will grow in height. Plant in spring or fall.
Water
Water daylilies deeply instead of often. Make sure they get an inch of water a week--more during heat and drought--to keep colors bright.
Fertilizer
Add general (6-12-12 or 10-10-10) garden fertilizer to daylily beds in spring. Many daylilies thrive without fertilizer if they have plenty of sun and their weekly inch of water.
Considerations
Mulch daylily roots lightly but keep organic materials away from the plant's base. Remove damaged or diseased leaves promptly. Cultivate to control weeds; daylilies are sensitive to herbicides. Deadhead blooms daily to avoid seed pod formation.
