HEMEROCALLIS (Daylilies) dispelling the myths about lily beetle!

This is what I love about this site drc726.. learning about the plants made easy! Your photos are lovely..

Agree and you are always so informative! Thanks. Lovley pics and names to match! :)

I fancy some of these Drc, a couple of noob questions! Do they flower for only one day, and where do you source them from, do you have a favourite site? Ive seen a lot of them lately on goy and as i dont have a lot of colour in june after the tulips have finished i need something to brighten the beds up, these seem ideal.. Thanks for the info and reminding me i need these Lilly's :)

Thanks for this inf. I've saved it so that I can read it tonight when I'll have time (I hope lol but I will)

Thanks everyone I am pleased you liked it.
Young daisy, each bud does flower for a day to be followed by another and another when established, which takes about 2 summers I find.
I started off with 'Little wine cup and the first to flower of mine and then I was sent 5 by a GOY member and off course that got me going!.
The British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society are a great sauce of information on them and a great way to pick ones you would like to grow, go for a mixture of early, mid and late season varieties so as to have flowers all summer. GC do sell them but not always that great for choice.
If it had not been for the misunderstanding about Lily Beetle I would have had several more by now- so guess what?

Ahhh thanks Drc. ill check that out...I didn't think normal GCs would have a great choice, there not into that :) ill save this blog to remind me..

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I love that Bunny Puff!

Its a great one Steragram

Only my bonanza suffers from gall midge all my others dont . they all flower about 2 weeks after bonanza.

It has yet to appear in mine SBG, do you get it in the same plant every year?

Thanks for the very useful information Drc, I have one but knew little about it until I read this. I must have done something right because its in its second year and is flowering its socks off. :o)

I find they are easy to grow and so rewarding when they flower LB, are you going to show us yours?

yes I do even though I meticulously pick off the offending buds and destroy them. Ariba which is next door to it and intermingled with it flowers 2 weeks later and never has a sign of it. its a blinking nusiance. all the later bonanza flowers are fine .

Very informative Drc. Good to know that and your pics are great.

Thanks Whitelillies

If I may add; the gall midge lays its eggs on the forming buds, where they hatch and go to the base of the petals to feed. Then they drop to the ground and live there. All of my plants were bought as barerroot, so I shouldn't have imported any midge larve. If it is a problem, buying types that rebloom should help - destroy any infected buds in the spring, and later flowers won't have the problem. Happy Returns has been blooming for me for about a month now, and it will get another round of flowers in September. Since I live in a climate where it could be a problem, I tried real hard not to invite problems, I even got rid of all my gladiolus to avoid rust problems. And Youngdaisydee, yes, they only bloom for one day, but when you can get 25 - 30 buds on a mature plant, the show lasts for a long time.

Fingers crossed I dont get them. Until you said Wylieinthea I had not realised that mine in fact were all bare rooted ones. That is a great tip as so much can be imported in pot grown plants diseases and weeds.

I have "Gentle Shepard" as yet no flowers, lots of foliage growth. When can I divide this? Drc as it looks to have several plants there.

Your photos really make them stand out. Nice.

Thanks GB, you can do it in the Autumn or spring but because of the very early winter/snow we had last year I think I am going to wait till the Spring to divide my 'little wine cup' which is now about 5 years old. I am not going to use 2 forks for this instead I am going to cut down in to the plant with a spade to chop it and then lift.

Grannyb: I would wait on dividing - about every 4-5 years. It can take a year for a plant to settle in. I have a couple that I got this year, and they have several new growths but no flowers. Next year. They also look better when there are several plants.

Yes, as I said the one I am intending to divide is 5 years old. They tend to flower poorly when they need dividing so that's a good indication.