Daylily School Days

Hemerocallis School Days is an older, very rare daylily cultivar. This daylily has yellow flowers that bloom on unusual, red-colored stems. This color is exceedingly rare in daylilies and there are only a few rare cultivars with such exceptionally colored flower stems. The red color of the stems against the background of green leaves contrasts nicely and gives the flowerbed an exotic and exceptional touch. This perennial has good growth, but does not multiply very fast. 

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.