Gardeners are spending more time in their gardens than ever before. And it shows. Because they’re staying home more, they’re tending the plants they already have, but they are also adding new plants ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — There are 70,000 registered daylilies, according to gardening experts, and no two varieties are alike — thanks to breeders like Linda Pinkham and Bill DuPaul, both of southeastern ...

Although not a true lily, the day lily is a member of the lily family. Its botanical name, Hemerocallis, is derived from two Greek words meaning "day" and "beauty" and refers to the fact that day lily ...

Daylily clumps become root-bound eventually, running out of fertile, loose soil to expand into. Their blossom production is directly tied to root growth, which is why newly planted daylilies bloom ...

PARK TOWNSHIP -- Flower lover Carol Carter had two kinds of daylilies in her garden when she joined the Grand Valley Daylily Society in 2007. Her gardens today boast more than 650 daylily varieties, ...

COURTESY This lady scarlet daylily has early season bloomers that are 6 inches across but short enough at 22 inches to put right up front in flowerbeds. The daylily has been called the perfect ...

The day before the Richmond Area Daylily Society’s annual daylily show, Paulette Miller and her son, Michael Miller, will walk through their garden and put little flags next to the daylilies they plan ...

In Hampton Roads we love daylilies. And they love us back. “They’re very tough, very dependable and they like the Mid-Atlantic,” says Richard Sterrett. He knows. Sterrett and wife, Rikki, grow and ...

Cutting back daylilies in the spring is better, as it gives them time to store energy in the fall. Spent foliage over the winter also protects the roots against cold. If you must cut back daylilies ...

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 ...

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 ...

ALBANY – Daylilies come and daylilies go, with the blooms lasting 24 hours, as fate would have it. But the growing of the flower is an experience that can last a lifetime. Such is the case for Jean ...