How To Design A Daylily Garden
In general place plants in odd groupings 3 or 5 plants together.
How to design a daylily garden. Container grown daylilies do not need to be planted straight away. Tall plants should be placed at the back of a garden that backs up to a house or in the middle of an island garden. Add compost to the planting hole cover the roots around 3 to 5 cm with soil and then water them vigorously.
Plant it in a decorative container and enjoy a month s worth of blossoms then swap out that plant for a later blooming perennial such as a garden mum when the daylily is finished blooming. Create a repeating pattern throughout the garden. And don t forget foliage.
Remember to use a light potting mix in your containers. The daylily is reported to be an ideal perennial. They have become one of the most popular perennials.
The fact is that these plants differ in the type of vegetation. Plant the daylily in your garden or give it to a friend with more room for it to grow. This helps tie a long border or front yard landscape together.
When choosing daylilies for your garden you should be aware of some of the features of modern varieties. These hardcore plants will give you a long lasting architectural garden that you can be proud of. Use daylilies in cut flower arrangements.
With sufficient soil moisture they thrive in sunny or partially shaded locations with a normal but nutritious and well drained garden soil. Individual flowers will only last a day but buds along the scape will continue to open. They can be evergreen and deciduous which are called dormant and between them there is a transitional form semi evergreen or semi dormant in sleepers all the leaves turn yellow and quickly die off with the first.