Your Daylily Questions ! 
Are Daylilies Good Cut Flowers? 
Yes, but Daylilies shouldn’t be cut with more 
than one open bloom to a scape. The best time 
to cut them, in fact, is just when the first plump, 
full buds are ready to open, or when they show 
the first curl-back of a petal. This insures ease 
of handling and avoidance of injury to the deli- 
cate petals; it also insures a succession of blooms 
for many days. Avoid or trim off dried stems. 
What Are Evening Bloomers? 
Daylilies which support open blooms through- 
out the day and night are one of Dr. Stout’s 
major hybridizing developments, in addition to 
new colors and new seasons. 
Many a new gardener has been embarrassed 
by trying the old-fashioned Daylily for a dinner- 
table cut flower. Now, however, Dr. Stout’s 
“evening bloomers” are generally available. 
Outstanding varieties are Caballero, Patricia, 
Sonny, Taruga, Yeldrin, Wau-Bun and Vesta. 
Depth to plant Daylilies 
Many gardeners are inclined to plant Day- 
lilies too deep. Set the roots to a depth so that 
the ground level will be one tnch above the point 
where the roots and foliage meet. 
How May They Be Used? 
1. Plant tall growers to the rear of lower Day- 
lilies or other perennials, roses, dwarf shrubs; as 
a background to lower sections of foundation 
plantings; as individual specimens or for accent 
effects; as a foreground to tall shrub and ever- 
green borders. 
2. Plant medium growers toward the middle 
of beds, borders and foundations; also for flank- 
ing entrances, figures, pools and other garden 
features. 
3. Plant low growers as foreground plants for 
any part of the garden; for other Daylilies; for 
rock-gardens; as ground-cover. 
4. Plant reds and dark shades away from each 
other; plant yellows or other plants in between. 
5. Spring, summer, fall bloomers should be 
well distributed throughout the bed or garden 
instead of concentrated in one area. Combine 
with phlox, delphintum, peonies, irises and 
chrysanthemums. 
6. Give multi-branched and_ small-flowered 
types elbow room and prominence. 
7. The author has an all-season walk of peonies 
alternated with Daylilies and chrysanthemurrs. 
With a minimum of attention it has already 
given six years of satisfaction with no evidence 
of trouble on the horizon. 
What Are the Daylily Colors? 
After centuries of only fulvous, orange and 
yellow Daylilies, the modern hybridist has de- 
veloped Daylilies in almost a rainbow of hues— 
light yellow, lemon yellow, golden yellow, orange, 
fulvous, copper, rust, bronze, buff, salmon, pink, 
red, and maroon, and in pure, varied and com- 
bined shades as already mentioned. 
When Do Daylilies Bloom? 
In the South many Daylilies bloom twice a 
year. In the North a selected collection will 1m- 
clude successive and unfailing bloom in spring, 
through summer and into fall. 
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