Comments on: Orange Day Lily (Hemerocallis fulva) http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pema http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-59736 Pema http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-59736 Did you know that the flower of the day lily can be eaten and is delicious? I didn't until the weekend when I went on a Forest Gardening course. Next time you are outside, take a flower head, make sure there are no insects in there and pop it all in your mouth. You'll be amazed at how wonderful they taste - great served up as a treat with food too, especially salads. They add colour, interest and delight for dinner guests. You can eat the leaves too but only the young ones (older ones are too fibrous and not too many because in quantity they are reputed to have a hallucinogenic effect. PLEASE make sure you do have the correct flower before you attempt to eat it though! Did you know that the flower of the day lily can be eaten and is delicious? I didn’t until the weekend when I went on a Forest Gardening course. Next time you are outside, take a flower head, make sure there are no insects in there and pop it all in your mouth. You’ll be amazed at how wonderful they taste – great served up as a treat with food too, especially salads. They add colour, interest and delight for dinner guests. You can eat the leaves too but only the young ones (older ones are too fibrous and not too many because in quantity they are reputed to have a hallucinogenic effect. PLEASE make sure you do have the correct flower before you attempt to eat it though!

]]> By: Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-25098 Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-25098 Katherine, I really don't know anything about container gardening because I have never grown perennials in containers. I can tell you that a large perennial like the orange day lily will do better in the ground (long-term), but I think the problem in planting the day lilies in the deck planters would be your winter temperatures. If you had a garage or place you could move the planters to during winter, the lilies would undoubtedly survive until you could plant them in the ground another year, but I have no personal experience to back that up. You could ask someone at your local nursery or garden center... they should be able to give you better information. I'm sorry I can't be of more help. Good luck with your lilies! They're really a beautiful flower. Katherine, I really don’t know anything about container gardening because I have never grown perennials in containers. I can tell you that a large perennial like the orange day lily will do better in the ground (long-term), but I think the problem in planting the day lilies in the deck planters would be your winter temperatures. If you had a garage or place you could move the planters to during winter, the lilies would undoubtedly survive until you could plant them in the ground another year, but I have no personal experience to back that up. You could ask someone at your local nursery or garden center… they should be able to give you better information.

I’m sorry I can’t be of more help. Good luck with your lilies! They’re really a beautiful flower.

]]> By: Katherine http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-24999 Katherine http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-24999 I was just out walking and someone has dug up about seven plants and was giving them away rightnow they are in adeep rich soil in small pots the leaves are long and look great we've just begun planning the garden at ournew house do you think they'd do ok if we planted them in large deck planters this year and the ground next? Or should we get them back inthere ground? Thank so much I love your blog Katherine in Seattle I was just out walking and someone has dug up about seven plants
and was giving them away
rightnow they are in adeep rich soil in small pots
the leaves are long and look great
we’ve just begun planning the garden at ournew house
do you think they’d do ok if we planted them in large deck planters
this year and the ground next?
Or should we get them back inthere ground?
Thank so much
I love your blog
Katherine in Seattle

]]> By: Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-15326 Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-15326 Don, I am not familiar with yellow primroses that grow to that height. Any primroses I have are less than a few inches tall. But... it sounds like your lilies are being crowded out by the yellow flowered plants. My lilies have never died off during the summer, so I don't think this is a natural thing and is a sign that the lilies are not thriving. Would it be possible to move the plants with the yellow flowers or move the lilies so each plant would have a chance to thrive? Don, I am not familiar with yellow primroses that grow to that height. Any primroses I have are less than a few inches tall. But… it sounds like your lilies are being crowded out by the yellow flowered plants. My lilies have never died off during the summer, so I don’t think this is a natural thing and is a sign that the lilies are not thriving. Would it be possible to move the plants with the yellow flowers or move the lilies so each plant would have a chance to thrive?

]]> By: Don http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-14706 Don http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-14706 Along my driveway in poor soil we placed about twenty small day lily plants given to us by a neighbor. After several years they are spectacular. We noticed that after they bloomed many primrose plants shot up to over six feet. We like the yellow primrose flowers and they are visited by goldfinches. But they seem to have crowded out the lily plants, whose leaves are small and many leaves dead. Is there some sort of competition? Will our lilies come back next spring? Should we cut down the primroses? Thanks for your advice. Along my driveway in poor soil we placed about twenty small day lily plants given to us by a neighbor. After several years they are spectacular. We noticed that after they bloomed many primrose plants shot up to over six feet. We like the yellow primrose flowers and they are visited by goldfinches. But they seem to have crowded out the lily plants, whose leaves are small and many leaves dead. Is there some sort of competition? Will our lilies come back next spring? Should we cut down the primroses? Thanks for your advice.

]]> By: KN http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-6227 KN http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/orange-day-lily-hemerocallis-fulva/#comment-6227 Enjoyed your article about orange daylilies. My late Momma had them planted at the base of a large pine tree and they never grew much. I moved them to my home and set them out in a less shaded area and they have tripled in size already. I don't care if they are considered old fashioned - - I love old things: Old houses, old people, old furniture, old plants. Enjoyed your article about orange daylilies. My late Momma had them planted at the base of a large pine tree and they never grew much. I moved them to my home and set them out in a less shaded area and they have tripled in size already. I don’t care if they are considered old fashioned – - I love old things: Old houses, old people, old furniture, old plants.

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