Try These Daylily Flower Growing Ideas

What looks good planted with daylilies?
How do you make daylilies thrive?
How do you keep daylilies looking good?
How do you start a daylily garden?
What perennials look good with daylilies?
How do you keep daylilies blooming all summer?
What is the best fertilizer for daylilies?
How often should I water daylilies?
Should you deadhead a daylily?
Do daylilies do well in pots?
How often should you divide daylilies?

What looks good planted with daylilies?

Some good flowers to plant with daylilies include:

Echinacea.
Lavender.
Shasta daisy.
Bergamot.
Phlox.
Black eyed Susan.
Baby's breath.
Yarrow.

How do you make daylilies thrive?

Daylilies flower best when planted in full sun (6 hours/day), on moist, yet well-drained soil. In hot climates, dark-colored cultivars should receive some afternoon shade to help them retain their flower color.

How do you keep daylilies looking good?

Daylily Maintenance

Watering. Water is the most essential factor in growing healthy, beautiful daylilies. ...
Fertilizing. Daylilies grow well in any reasonably fertile garden soil. ...
Deadheading and Seed Pod Removal. ...
End of Season Clean-up. ...
Dividing Overgrown Daylily Clumps.

How do you start a daylily garden?

Daylilies prefer full sun (six or more hours per day) and moist, well-drained soil to thrive. Amend the soil with compost before planting. In the South, plant daylilies in fall or early spring when temperatures are still cool, and plant in the spring in the North.

What perennials look good with daylilies?

Choose a combination of spring, summer, and fall flowering perennials and shrubs to have colorful blooms all season. Echinacea, Perovskia, Achillea, Coreopsis, Phlox, Salvia, and Buddleia are wonderful daylily companions and they will bring your garden alive with the flitting of butterflies and hummingbirds.

How do you keep daylilies blooming all summer?

All they need are full to part sun and well-drained soil and you're set. Most, though, bloom for about a three-week period in summer and they're done. That's why Grumpy enjoys growing reblooming daylilies like this one. It's called 'Happy Returns,' a very apt description, because it doesn't bloom just once.

What is the best fertilizer for daylilies?

We typically use a high quality, nitrogen rich fertilizer each spring before the daylilies begin to bloom. Slow release fertilizer, liquid fertilizer, compost or well-rotted manure are all good choices as well. Daylilies love nitrogen so it's important to use a mix that is high in nitrogen.

How often should I water daylilies?

How to Water Daylilies. You'll need to water the plants every couple of days for the first few weeks after planting. After that, water once or twice weekly (depending on whether or not it rains) for the first growing season.

Should you deadhead a daylily?

Don't feel like you have to deadhead your daylilies every day. Deadheading plants at least a few times throughout their bloom period should be enough to keep them from spending energy on developing mature seed. ... Once there are no longer any blooms, flower stalks can be cut to the base with hand pruners.

Do daylilies do well in pots?

Absolutely. Daylilies are well suited to container life, as long as they have enough room to grow. The smaller the variety (and there are some small ones out there), the better they will be able to grow in a pot. As a rule, you shouldn't plant full sized daylilies in anything smaller than a gallon container.

How often should you divide daylilies?

Everyone's garden favorite, the daylily, will perform better when divided every three to five years.