In nature, many beautiful things are fleeting. Such is the case with the daylily, with flowers that last for no more than one day. Luckily, daylilies are profuse bloomers producing a new flower each ...

What a joy it is to see the lilies breaking the ground this time of year. It makes me realize it will not be long before I have an abundance of lovely flowers. There are many different kinds of lilies ...

Orientals are the most exotic of the lilies. They bloom midsummer to early fall, with big (up to nine-inch) fragrant flowers of white or pink, often spotted with gold and shaded or banded with red.

Daylilies are one of my favorite plants. I have more than 200 daylilies growing in my gardens, and I continue to plant more each year. The only thing I don’t like about daylilies is that each ...

SOUTH NEWFANE — To call it a riot of color would be an understatement. During the high summer months of July and August, Olallie Daylily Gardens explode with (almost) all the colors on the rainbow ...

Two perennials now beautifying gardens rival annuals for their splendor. They are daylilies and true lilies, and I don't know which I like best of the two. Daylilies are more fleeting. True lilies ...

FARGO — Do you know why the gardener took a photo of the ailing plant? He thought it would help it photosynthesize. High summer is an incredible time in the flower garden. A well-designed perennial ...

WAYNE, Neb. -- Gail Korn just wanted some red in her garden in the middle of the summer. That's all, just a little red to brighten up her yard during the hot days of mid-July and early August. It ...

Q Can daylilies change color? My friends seem to think these beautiful purple blooms are Dutch irises or another type of iris. I suspect they are daylilies that have changed their color from last year ...

Few plants give us as much pleasure while asking so little as do daylilies (Hemerocallis). They are about as close as it gets to having a low- or no-maintenance plant with lovely flowers. Plus, they ...

There are very few perennial plants better suited to landscape design than daylilies. They come in an astonishing spectrum of colors. They are adaptable to just about any type of soil, and they grow ...