Daylily Santa Cruz

When Dan Trimmer from the USA described this daylily he bred, he wrote: "In every aspect it is the best, bright, orange daylily in our garden". A few years have passed since then, but Hemerocallis Santa Cruz still belongs to the most beautiful orange daylilies. The plant clump has a beautiful shape. The flowers are extremely wavy, round, full of energy, ready to spread it around. It is vigorous grower.

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.