1. BOTANICAL NAME
HEMEROCALLIS cv.

2. PRONUNCIATION
Hem - er - o - KAL - is

4. COMMON NAME
Daylily

6. FAMILY
LILIACEAE

8. Growth Habit
Groundcover
Height 18”
Width 3’ to 5’
Spreading

9. EXPOSURE
Sun
Part Shade

10. ZONES
6 to 9

12. Life Cycle
Herbaceous perennial

13. ARRANGEMENT
Basal

16. LEAF
Linear
Length 2’
Width 1 1/3”

17. MARGIN
Entire

19. VEINS
Parallel

21. COMPOSITION
Simple

25. FLOWER Summer Yellow, orange, dark red, pink, and combinations
Petals in multiples of 3

26. FRUIT
Fall
Green pod turning to brown

27. GROWTH
Rapid

28. USE
Ground cover

29. DESCRIPTION More than 12,000 varieties now known
Useful in mass plantings
Monocot lily plant

30. CULTURAL PRACTICES Very tolerant of soil and moisture conditions
Propagate by division

31. PROBLEMS
None

32. NATIVE OF:
Japan