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Daylily Roots (Hemerocallis) - Description
- Pack of Daylily Roots
- Purple Flowering Hemerocallis
- Mid-season Daylily
- Qty: 1 Root Per Pack (Single Pack)
- Flowering From Mid to Late Summer
- Variety: 'Bela Lugosi'
- Award Winning Daylily
- Voted the Best Purple Flowering Daylily
- Fully Grown Size: 60 - 90cm
- Flower: Single, Trumpet-like Flower Repeat Blooms All Summer Long
- Flower Colour: Deep Purple With Yellow Centre
- Foliage: Long, Grass-like Foliage
- Clump Forming Plant
- In Bloom: These Repeat Bloomers Flower From Summer into Autumn
- Spacing: 60cm
- Perennial Flowers: Come Back Year After Year
Daylily Roots (Hemerocallis) - Uses
- Popular plants as they bloom all Summer long
- Suited to cut flower gardens
- Good for attracting butterflies
- Petals can even be used in salads & as a garnish as they can be eaten
- Grow with Crocosmia, Wallflowers, Rudbeckia, Lobelia, Asters & Lilies or inter-plant among grasses
- Looks great when mixed with other daylilies
Daylily Roots (Hemerocallis) - How to Sow
- It is always best to start your bulbs indoors, in a greenhouse or polytunnel
- Grow in large pots (5L or bigger)
- Once shoots are 10cm in height you can move out into the garden
- Choose a sunny spot for your daylilies
- They don't flower well in shade
- Sow roots once they arrive
- If risk of frost, you can plant into pots & start in greenhouse until growing season begins
- Ensure they get adequate water by soaking before & after planting
- Sow roots approx. 10cm deep
- Daylilies require little maintenance
- They don't need dead heading
- They can be divided every 4 or 5 years. Best done in early Spring
- Daylilies will benefit from supports & staking in autumn
Daylily Roots (Hemerocallis) - Did you Know?
- Hemerocallis are called Daylilies because each flower will only last one day
- The flower is open in the morning & withers away by night
- These are replaced the next day by a new flower
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