The incredible mix of daylily attributes!

One afternoon of picking daylily blooms results in the plethora of colors and types!

Daylilies under mounds of snow!

 

 

daylily (Hemerocallis) seedpods vary in shape and size. There seems to be some distinguishing characteristics in the seedpods of various species. H. citrina types frequently have more elongated pod shape.

 

 

 

Hemerocallis species foliage in the spring

H. citrina grows well in the spring and seems quite tolerant of frosts

 
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H. flava Major, a supposed variant of H. flava is an extremely good grow with tight light green foliage. H. flava Major seems to tolerate frost very well.

 

 

H. hakuensis, suffers some tip damage in the spring do to frost but recovers and blooms fine.

 
 
H. sempervirens is only marginally hardy in this climate does not do well. It has a spreading habit much like H . fulva is no where near as vigorous.

Hmerocallis species foliage in the spring

Daylily species from a Korean calender

This picture is from a 2011 Korean catalog. The plants look to Hem lilioasphedelus. There is a Campanula blooming along with the Hemerocallis which is when one expect it to bloom. This photo was taken at Takamine-kohgen Plateau in the Gunma prefecture. Which appears to be in Japan?

 

Daylilies in Brazil

Dont think daylilies grow in the tropics? Look at this picture of a mass of Hemerocallis growing in a park in Brazil. It looks to be some cultivar as it doesn’t look like any known species.

 

Daylily Harvest in Taiwan

There are a number of daylily farms in Taiwan. The flowers and possibly the buds are harvested for food. Hualien County i Taiwan is well known for its large daylily fields.

Liushidan Mountain(Sixty Stone Mountain) is located to the east of Zhutian Village, Fuli Township, in Hualien County. It is situated at an elevation of around 800 meters above sea level, in the Coastal Mountain Range. There is a daylily field of 300 hectares in size, and along with Chihke Mountain, this is regarded as one of Hualien County’s two large daylily cultivation areas.

from the Taiwan government’s tourism site

 Taiwan government tourist link to Hualien county Liushidan Mountain

Flickr has many photo albums that document these farms

FloraTang’s album really demonstrates the amazing expanse of daylily blooms

Flora Tang’s Flickr account

 

Buddy8d’s photostream on Sixty Stone Mountain in Taiwan

Buddy8d’s Flickr account

 

 

Hemerocallis fulva

H fulva blog: Typical flower characteristics compared.