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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
June 30, 2009
04:53 PM Post #6760034
| wild flower? 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
June 30, 2009
04:54 PM Post #6760037
| the leaves 
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threegardeners
North Augusta, ON
(Zone 5a)
June 30, 2009
05:06 PM Post #6760080
| Daylily. Known also as Ditch Lily...don't know the latin, maybe "Kwanso" |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
June 30, 2009
05:13 PM Post #6760105
| Can someone tell me if the ditch lily comes in other colors then just orange? |
threegardeners
North Augusta, ON
(Zone 5a)
June 30, 2009
05:48 PM Post #6760240
| Just orange...also a double orange. |
Aschnapp
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
June 30, 2009
06:05 PM Post #6760317
| This is hemerocallis, or daylily. There are virtually hundreds of daylilies, some even repeat bloom, Stella d'oro, Happy Returns,Rosey Returns. Ditch lilies got their name from growing in ditches but also because they can become weedy and are ditched (or tossed). I don't believe that is their real common name, just daylily. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
June 30, 2009
06:36 PM Post #6760444
| Ok, will post the pictures of my other ones when they bloom, because I have some that look alot like this, but some bloom in orange, yellow or red. I only knew I had red and yellow, until I moved them to give them more room so I thought daylily. Then I found out I had orange too. |
dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
June 30, 2009
06:40 PM Post #6760449
| The correct name is hemerocallis fulva. The parent of most daylilies? I've seen two different shades (orange & a darker orange.) When I moved into my house 18 years ago I had them. I've used them in a woodland setting garden-where I wanted a soft setting-grass wouldn't grow and where I didn't want to weed. I personally love them-maintenance free. They can be aggressive-but once again using what some people think is a weed to our advantage. Mine now reach at least four feet tall. In fact my DH loves them the best because I didn't buy them.
Debbie |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
June 30, 2009
06:53 PM Post #6760485
| We have a ton of these too Debbie. And alot of them are in a woodland setting.
Going to see if I have a picture of the red daylily that I have then. I don't think I have pictures of the yellow and the orange that was coming up with it.
And yes, these grow tall.
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jackthompson
Buffalo, NY
(Zone 5b)
June 30, 2009
08:27 PM Post #6760824
| A lot of people wrongly call them Tiger Lily!! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
June 30, 2009
08:36 PM Post #6760874
| Yes, I remember then being called that when I was young.
Thanks everyone. |
gardenlady123
Plainwell, MI
(Zone 5b)
June 30, 2009
09:23 PM Post #6761180
| I planted all of these last year. They are the only thing I can get to grow on the driveway side of the house. Dry heat. They like anywhere you plant them! 
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JasperDale
Long Beach, CA
(Zone 10a)
June 30, 2009
09:33 PM Post #6761235
| The poor Ditch Lily is a much maligned plant . Many people say they're really invasive, but I have one clump that is very well behaved and isn't a problem at all.
Maybe they're just a pest in certain areas... |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
June 30, 2009
10:14 PM Post #6761508
| Debbie has the name right, Hemerocallis fulva. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
June 30, 2009
10:50 PM Post #6761727
| I transfered some here form my boyfriends where he has tons of them. Mine are speading I noticed, but where they are they can spread all they want.
My boy friend has them planted around his mail box. We have to watch them though so they don't grow around too far in front and interfer with the mail.
The only place he couldn't get them to take off and grow was on his forty. There is sunshine there for them, but something kept eating them. |
dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 01, 2009
08:40 AM Post #6762771
| Kassy-51, Thought you might enjoy how I used the daylilies that were here when I moved into the house 17 years ago.
Debbie
Picture 1
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dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 01, 2009
08:43 AM Post #6762776
| Picture 2 
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dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 01, 2009
08:59 AM Post #6762824
| Picture 3 
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dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 01, 2009
09:03 AM Post #6762840
| Picture 4 
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JulieQ
Cullman, AL
(Zone 7b)
July 01, 2009
01:59 PM Post #6763903
| They brighten up the edge of my woods and they look so natural. This is a picture of some daylilies two months after I transplanted them from my old house... Blooming and doing fine. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 01, 2009
08:12 PM Post #6765490
| Wow, very nice pictures debbie, and julie. :) I love the use of them around the tree.
My boyfriend burns wood so he has wood stacked. A lot of them are growing between where he has the wood stacked and the trees at the end of his land. A place that we don't mow because they grow there but grass doesn't seem to. Too shady. I don't think any of those are in bloom yet.
I think he did get some to grow at is forty finally, but he had to fence them in so they wouldn't be eaten. |
ArchAngeL01
Myrtle Beach, SC
(Zone 8b)
July 02, 2009
12:59 AM Post #6766797
| in nc this plant is invasive in literally every ditch you can see along ever bank stream and river...but i still loved them when i lived there , its an great invasive lol |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 02, 2009
01:00 PM Post #6768462
| I love them too and have friends that wanted them.
I just don't want them in my flower bed.
I already have an invasive weed or 2 in there that my boyfriend wants to keep. Sheeesh
Dame's Rocket and Butter and Eggs. Oh well, I can pull a few at a time when he is not looking...LOL :) |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
July 02, 2009
01:07 PM Post #6768499
| Does anyone eat their Hemerocallis fulva buds? They are great in stir-fries! |
dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 02, 2009
01:20 PM Post #6768560
| Metrosideros, I didn't know you could eat them. Thanks for the information.
Debbie |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
July 02, 2009
01:33 PM Post #6768621
| Sautee the veggies and toss in sliced H. fulva buds at the end; don't forget sesame oil, garlic, ginger, and shoyu! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 02, 2009
02:02 PM Post #6768693
| OMG, maybe that's why my boyfriend has so many and he just forgot about the fact that you can eat them. Hmmmmmmmmm
He grows a couple of different kinds of mints, sage, oregano, marjoram. He probably has basial there someplace too.
The marjoram and oregano have spread out into the grass. Smells like a pizza when your cutting it :)
I'll have to ask him if he knows. Thanks Metrosideros |
dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 05, 2009
03:11 PM Post #6781042
| Thought you might like to see the dayliles blooming.
Debbie
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 05, 2009
07:53 PM Post #6782014
| Oh Pretty!
My boyfriends should be in bloom by the time I go to his place I think. I'll have to get pictures of his big bunches of them :) |
dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 05, 2009
09:55 PM Post #6782559
| Please do! |
gardenlady123
Plainwell, MI
(Zone 5b)
July 07, 2009
08:28 AM Post #6788233
| I used to not like there daylilies at all. But now I think they really are pretty. So easy and really can grow any where. With almost no water. Easy to keep. Multiply rapidly. Ronna |
dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 07, 2009
08:49 AM Post #6788314
| Ronna,
I think I mentioned it earlier daylilies where here when I moved into the house-free?. I tried to use them where my husband didn't want to mow the lawn. I've learned to love them. I also have about 20 hybrid daylilies in my regular gardens. It is amazing how beautiful some of them are.
Debbie |
gardenlady123
Plainwell, MI
(Zone 5b)
July 07, 2009
08:57 AM Post #6788334
| Yes they are georgeous. I have several lilies also. Mostly asiatics cause they are great in shady areas. But boy do they pack a great punch of colors. I have bright orange, yellows, pink, white and red trimmed ones. Also other day lilies, so I am with you, I do love them. They are very graceful! Ronna |
dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 07, 2009
09:28 AM Post #6788412
| Ronna, I've never met a lily I didn't love. I can't seem to stop adding (you name it) of lilies to my yard every year. Especially if is a different color I don't think I have. I also scout them out in the forums and my list keeps growning.
Debbie |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 07, 2009
10:35 AM Post #6788660
| Me too dlefferts...and I may have to hold myself back today, because I'm going to be stopping at one of our greenhouses here, and they have sales going on now...This is going to be hard... |
dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 07, 2009
12:11 PM Post #6789053
| kassy_51, I never seem to leave a nursery without a plant, or two, or three, etc. Try to be brave-just look?
Thought you guys might want to see a better picture of the daylilies blooming.
Debbie
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 07, 2009
12:28 PM Post #6789118
| OMG Beautiful Debbie!!!
Now I want to hear from Dave as to what time of season the bulbs are best to eat? Before bloom or after? Not that I would unless we got way over run with them. Then I wouldn't put anything past my boyfriend. LOL |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
July 07, 2009
12:41 PM Post #6789163
| Hi Kassy, don't eat the bulbs!
The flower buds are the part used in cooking. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 07, 2009
01:11 PM Post #6789250
| OOPS, I read back and yes you said buds. LOL
Thank you Dave :) Thank you, thank you, thank you :)
Now I'm a little worried. I told my boyfriend about them being able to eat them, and I'm going there this weekend :-|. He already puts the blossoms from the chives in our salads. Makes for a very pretty salad :)
This is a picture of a small part of his big sage that is trying to take over one of my flower beds. Buds on it.
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mittsy
Space Coast, FL
(Zone 11)
July 07, 2009
01:14 PM Post #6789255
| Kwanso. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 07, 2009
01:31 PM Post #6789303
| Pretty! |
dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 07, 2009
06:10 PM Post #6790277
| Kassy_51, The sage is pretty-I'm finding when I go to nurseries that some of the vegetables are as pretty as the flowers I'm growing. To think you can eat & use them too.
mittsy, Kwanso, is absolutely wonderful. Is it a hybrid daylily. I love the fringed petals.
Debbie |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 07, 2009
06:52 PM Post #6790429
| Yes they can be Debbie. My BF is big into planting herbs and the use of them, so he has a lot of them growing at his place. That sage has got to move out of my flower bed though, because it's taking over one corner completely. I can't spend much time in that flower bed now because we have a bird house right near it, and the blue birds have youngsters in it. They kept yelling at me to leave :(
And I by-passed the green house :) for today that is...LOL
I had to make a stop at the store, and I was afraid the pizza would cook in the car if I stopped there. May shoot for a trip there tomorrow.
But I did find some Perennial seeds, so I'm headed to plant files to see what they say about them there. I had to control myself, so I only walked out with 4 packages, not the whole shelf :)
This was the sage last time I was at his place.
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dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 07, 2009
07:18 PM Post #6790484
| kassy_51. The sage has wonder flowers. I've never grown it. Is it a perennial? I'm really lazy - just love flowers or unusual perennial plants. My DH cooks so I've never developed a love for any think useable. I'm now providing from my garden parsley for where he is the chief.
Debbie |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 07, 2009
07:41 PM Post #6790575
| Well Debbie, lets just say that when I put it out there 3 years ago, my BF didn't know if it was a perennial or not. But he had another one growing in the house, so he told me to put it in that bed. At that time the flower bed had just been started, so there was lots of room. And it was a small plant then.
It keeps coming back year after year, and it survives our winters, so it must be a perennial. It has been in that bed for 3 years now, and has gotten bigger each year. If the birds let me get into that flower bed this time i want to check it, I think I even saw some seedlings from it. Next spring, it's going to have to move. He has a spot on the south side of his garage that would be perfect for it. He has some parsley growing there too, not to mention some of my flowers are there too...LOL |
dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 07, 2009
08:14 PM Post #6790740
| Thanks-I am in zone 6A - if it is a perennial in your area. It must be in mine. Added to my want list.
Debbie |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 07, 2009
08:40 PM Post #6790870
| Debbie, I'll hopefully collect some seeds from it for you ;-)
As a matter of fact, I just remembered that he has the other one growing on the south side of the garage. For some reason that one bloomed earlier. I'll check that one for seeds when I go there this weekend.
Ask me about it this weekend and that will help me remember to check it :)
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dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 07, 2009
08:55 PM Post #6790965
| kassy_51, Thanks - going away for the weekend, I will remind you when I get back. Vacation going to the ocean or a couple of days!!!!
Debbie |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 07, 2009
09:02 PM Post #6791005
| Lucky you Debbie.
I'm going to my BF where the sage and my flower beds are :)
Going there on thursday, so will try to remember to check it then. |
dlefferts
Agawam, MA
(Zone 6a)
July 07, 2009
09:27 PM Post #6791156
| Once again,
Thanks
Debbie |
ArchAngeL01
Myrtle Beach, SC
(Zone 8b)
July 08, 2009
02:18 PM Post #6793817
| why not just divide the clump? is it big enuff to divide? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 08, 2009
02:48 PM Post #6793985
| Big enough? It's huge!
That picture is just one branch of it. And I do think there are small ones in my flower bed too.
I never thought about dividing it. I just figured I would move it to anther area and see how big it does get. And that way I will have at least a little more room in my flower bed for the new perennial seed that I picked up :)
Other wise I am going to need a bigger flower bed. Or take over the veggie garden :)
And actually we do have some flowers that came up all on their own in the veggie garden. Anise Hyssop, and pink peony poppies :) When I dumb dirt out of any of my planters in the fall, I dump it onto his garden. So does he. The seeds must have drifted into the pots at some point.
I'm glad he likes flowers as much as I do :) |
ArchAngeL01
Myrtle Beach, SC
(Zone 8b)
July 09, 2009
01:16 AM Post #6796535
| dividing it will induce even more blooming |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 23, 2009
12:11 AM Post #6853760
| OK, I was too late to get some good pictures of the Ditch Lily. The county had come along already and cut the ditches :( This is what was left. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
July 23, 2009
12:14 AM Post #6853800
| But at least they left the ones by the mail box alone  
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