Dear Sue: First, I must tell you what a great article you write on daylilies. I keep, as you suggest, a log of flowers and plants that thrive in Northeastern Pennsylvania and modify planting and ...

Dear Roger: I brought home some daylily seeds from St. Louis. I am drying them, and I have a quick question. I looked on the Internet and, of the several pieces I read, the directions said to soak the ...

Q. I gathered a large number of daylily seeds from church yards, cemeteries and other places in the fall of 2002. I kept them in the refrigerator in plastic bags until the spring of 2003 and planted ...

Q: I saved seeds from my daylily blooms, and I’d like to plant them. I know they won’t be the same as their mother plants, but I’d like to try. When and how do I do it? A: I have grown daylily seeds ...

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 ...

Dear Roger: I am a beginning daylily breeder. I have harvested and planted my daylily seeds and many have come up. I noticed some leaf streaks and brown tips on the seedlings last week. Should I trim ...

Q: I have Stella De Oro daylilies. Can I propagate them through seeds? A: Yes, you can, but you will not get Stella De Oro daylilies as a result. You will get a new kind of daylily. Almost all ...

DEAR JESSICA: When reading your garden calendar for August, I see you mentioned "collecting seeds" from daylilies on the 25th. I have several varieties of daylilies (Stargazer, Casablanca, etc.).

So-called “reblooming” daylilies give you constant color for the entire season, unlike regular daylilies. They will rest for a week or two after their spring flush and then bloom sporadically until ...

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 ...

A. They will germinate, and they will give you daylily seedlings. However, they will not be Stella d'Oros. It is a hybrid selection that is propagated by division or by tissue culture (without seeds).