This is among 3 different types of mystery lily's growing in my yard. Planted by the previous owner. Please help me ID it.
Please ID this lily
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Looks like a hemerocallis fulva or commonly called a ditch lily. Hope this helps. It is a daylily.
Yes, that is what it is, I have those and there is double one which is Kwanso and I have the triple one which is Flore Pleno. BEV
Thanks,
Wow that triple one is BEAUTIFUL! I don't know anything about lily's. What does daylily mean?
What you have is a DAYlily (Hemerocallis) ~ the blooms only last a day. They have long, grass-like foliage growing directly out of the soil from fibrous roots.
Lilies (Lilium, also called True Lilies), have much finer foliage growing directly from an erect stem, which comes from a scaly bulb growing underground. The flowers can last several days.
There is a forum just for daylilies with lots of useful information and helpful folks. :)
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/hemhead/all/
Ok, wow, i never payed much attention to how long each bloom lasts. There are so many of them in this patch and they are blooming forever! Now I have to check it out and see how long each flower lasts! Thanks!
Yep, you can pick off all the spent flowers and there will be more the next day.
Yes, daylilies are great, but the one you have will pretty much take over any space that isn't concrete. They are greedy growers, and pretty, yes, but they don't like to share space with other flowers. Ditch lilies is a good name for them, because that is the best place for them!
Other daylilies are more mannerly, and very beautiful and varied. Just go to the Daylilies forum, but be prepared for a new addiction.
Your right, they are everywhere. I just started putting other stuff around them to try to mix it up a bit.
Thought you might like to see how I used them in my yard. Hope this will help you to decide what to do with them.
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