Daylilies have the free and wild, yet exotic looks like orchids in the tropical gardens. Their wide range of colours and forms make them highly 'collectable'. I imported about fifteen varieties of daylilies from the US more than 18 years ago; mostly out of curiosity. I spreaded them out in the garden, and then forgot about them after the first couple of years. We started to get interested in them again starting a couple of years ago. It appears that the world of daylilies has changed significantly. Many new and exotic looking (and very pricy) varieties are showing off in the hemerocalis spceialty nurseries and forums.
Apart from their beautiful flowers, we like hemerocallis mostly because they are hardy, low maintenance, easy going, available in a wide range of colours and forms. They are the main performers right after iris season is over. We are not into the most exotic and pricy hemerocallis at present, since there are too many different types of plants that we are eager to acquire each year, and we are mainly interested in using them as part of the garden composition.
Most of our newer hemerocallis are still very young, and are in temporary holding beds. We are also trying to rescue the older daylilies that are essentially abandoned here and there under overgrown conifers and shrubs. We are hoping to incorporate these daylilies into proper garden beds in the next few years. For now, we can only show the very limited and poor pictures that we have at the moment.
Sorry, all the identities of the daylilies in this section are lost.
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These are just young plants in temporary holding beds.
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