Before we get started, you need to know that there are no native daylilies in North America. Daylilies are native to Asia. Those beautiful roadside flowers (Hemerocallis fulva) are the result of ...

How about filling your yard with native plants instead? Star file photo You know those orange daylilies that pop up in Missouri yards and along roadsides in summertime? I used to think they were a ...

Daylily should not be confused with two orange natives: turk’s cap lily (also called Michigan lily) with a flower that points down, and prairie lily (also called wood lily). Both of the native ...

But, from its early days, daylilies were known for those characteristics that made it popular in its native environment. To "tough as nails," add tenacious. Daylilies in landscapes offer a range ...

The 'Sweet Hot Chocolate' daylily (Hemerocallis 'Sweet Hot Chocolate ... are deep burgundy flowers native to Mexico that look and smell like rich, red cocoa. Chocolate daisies (Berlandiera ...

Daylilies are Asian in origin and have been ... common milkweeds and multiflora roses. Native plants purists dislike these introduced honeysuckles and multiflora roses but their fragrances are ...

Originating in Asia, there are more than 65,000 varieties of daylilies with thousands of colors and variations. There are about 300 species of irises, from the native crested iris to bearded and ...

I began seeing all these lovely daylilies.” She said daylilies, which are not native to our area, came from China and that years ago there weren’t many varieties available. This changed when ...

Daylilies are native to Asia where they were used for medicinal purposes and as a food source for thousands of years. Two millennia ago, Confucius first documented these plants in a poem.

Kare Starnes has combined her interests in botany and environmental science to create a vibrant ecosystem in her backyard with ponds, animals, and more than 1,100 types of daylillies. On June 13-14, ...

Daylilies come from Asia. Though not a native, they are not considered invasive in Maine. However, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service have declared the most common orange ...

Last May, I had the pleasure and privilege of visiting Marsha Crisler’s beautiful Crawford Daylily Gardens in Crawfordville. As the numerous deer that regularly visit my yard prevent me from ...