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Daylily Roots (Hemerocallis) - Description
- Pack of Daylily Roots
- Qty: 1 Root Per Pack (Single Pack)
- Modern Daylily
- Variety: 'Black Prince'
- Fully Grown Size: 100cm
- Flower: Single, Trumpet-like Flower Repeat Bloom All Summer Long
- Flower Colour: Deep Burgundy Red Petals With Yellow Veins & Centre
- Foliage: Long, Grass-like Foliage
- Clump Forming Plant
- In Bloom: These Repeat Bloomers Flower From Summer into Autumn
- Spacing: 60cm
Daylily Roots (Hemerocallis) - Uses
- Popular plants as they bloom all Summer
- Grow for low maintenance Summer colour
- Use in red & 'hot' planting schemes
- Suited to cut flower gardens
- Petals can even be used in salads & as garnish as they can be eaten
- Grow with Crocosmia, Wallflowers, Rudbeckia, Lobelia, Asters & Lilies or inter-plant among grasses
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 dalylily roots
- 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
- Day lilies will benefit from supports & staking in Autumn
