 Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus (flava), the lemon lily $10.95
- common names: “lemon lily” or daylily
- flowering season: May
- height: 2½ feet
- Light requirements: morning sun and afternoon shade; in the Pacific Northwest -- full sun
- Soil requirements: average soil is adequate although it likes a rich soil
- Water requirments: likes more than an average amount of water, although it is drought tolerant once it reaches full size
- Growth habit: grows as a slowly widening clump that spreads moderately by underground stolons
- How to propagate: divide in spring or early summer; either dig out a rooted piece of the plant from the edge of a clump or divide the entire plant; another way is to separate one of the shoots that has popped up a foot away from the parent plant
- Leaf type: arching, long, linear leaves
- Ways to use it such as in a pot or otherwise: long lived in the garden without much fuss and is very adaptable to where it is grown; also grows well in a large pot
- Special characteristics: sweetly fragrant flowers
- Other points of interests, such as historically: each flower lasts for 24 hours, however a full sized plant produces many flowers at a time, over several weeks; on the East Coast -- very old and abandoned houses that long ago fell down and disappeared will sometimes still have this daylily growing around their foundations to mark the spot where a house once stood
One of the earliest daylilies to flower each spring, in May, this species, Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus, grows into thick clumps and spreads moderately by sending out stems underground, a foot or two. Very nicely scented are the light lemon yellow flowers. The height of the flower stems is two and a half feet. As with other daylilies, demands little if any care, and is long lived. Another name for it is, Hemerocallis flava. |
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