Daylily Santa Catalina

It was not so long ago, when we could only dream of such daylilies as Hemerocallis Santa Catalina is. They were sold in the past exclusively in the USA and prices 200-300 USD were nothing for ordinary garden and house owners. Quite a few years passed, and everything has changed. Luxury garden perennials, that grew only in the gardens of a few daylily collectors and richest gardeners, suddenly became available to a wide range of growers, including ordinary European daylily lowers. Hemerocallis Santa Catalina has a fantastic, massive pink flower with a yellow, wavy edges. It does better in a warmer habitat, with direct sunlight, with a little moisture in the soil.

How to grow daylilies

Reserve full sunlight or light shade area in your garden to plant daylilies. Daylilies like sunshine so much but be careful, in hot areas, they do not grow well in completely dry soil on sunny place. Daylilies also like an average amount of moisture in the soil but will not be happy in soils that are water logged. Give them water regularly during their first one or two growing seasons. Their flowers will be larger and will bloom richer if regularly watered in the first part of the season.

When in bloom, feel free to cut the flowers for bouquets or even decorating of salads (as the flowers are edible). This will not injure your plants. While each flower blooms only a single day, choose stems with several larger buds.

After blooming has finished, leave the foliage in place, don't cut it off. The leaves will gather sunlight and will provide nourishment for the next year's show. Your daylilies will need rest for a few months, before beginning the next growing season.