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Daylilies

Daylilies are members of the genus hemerocallis. Their name is somewhat misleading as they are not true lilies. The name is based upon the Greek words for day and beauty because the individual blooms only last a day.

Daylilies were originally native from Europe to Asia and their large showy flowers as well as their being hardy in USDA zones 1 though 11 have made them popular worldwide. The flowers appear on leafless stalks called scapes and have three sepals and three petals that are generally indistinguishable and are together called tepals.

Daylilies are one of the most hybridized of all plants and there are hundreds, if not thousands of new hybrids being introduced each year.

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Daylily History

In late summer, you can see large clumps of orange and yellow daylilies growing wild along ditches on country roads and it's for this reason that daylilies are often considered weeds, but are also good candidates for naturalizing your landscapes.

The orange flowered plants are the Tawny daylily. It was brought to America by early British settlers. The Tawny daylily has been so widely established that it is sometimes thought of or mistaken for a native American wildflower. The Tawny daylily was, in the past, nicknamed the "Outhouse Lily" due to the practice of planting them around out buildings to camouflage them.

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Daylilies as food

Daylily plants have been cultivated for their food value in Asia for thousands of years. The buds or new flowers are regularly cooked and eaten in China and Japan. In addition, the rhizomes can be sweet when chopped and cooked like potatoes. The tuber-like roots have a nutlike flavor, and can be eaten raw or roasted. We make no representation, however to the safety or nutritional value of any of these plants and the reader should exercise caution.

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