The Gardens on Spring Creek

Learn more about the daylily garden at The Gardens! D aylilies ( Hemerocallis ) are not to be confused with true lilies (Lilium ), as shown in the first photo. True lilies grow from scaly bulbs, possess leaves all the way up their stems, and have flowers that can stay open for days or weeks. By contrast, daylily roots are usually long, slender , and fibrous but can also be quite fleshy. Daylily growth originates from a wide crown, where each plant’s roots meet its leaves. The crown produces grass-like leaves from its upper surface that give the plant a flattened appearance. A single daylily plant is often called a fan. When daylilies bloom, some of their fans send up unbranched, leafless flower stalks (called scapes ). Unlike true lily blooms, daylily blooms only last for one day, hence the name daylily. Don’t worry, each scape may possess up to 40 buds, allowing blooming to continue for 2-3 weeks!   As of 2024, there are over 100,000 different cultivars of daylilies listed in...

Daylily Display at the Gardens on Spring Creek What's Blooming in June:  Daylilies by Jonathan Poulton and Missy Schoenbaum, Northern Colorado Daylily Club  If you were to ask members of the Northern Colorado Daylily Club (NCDC) what might be a perfect perennial for our part of the Centennial State, their unequivocal and enthusiastic answer would be daylilies (Hemerocallis species)!  They would argue that these beautiful plants grow quickly, are long lived, and are easy to maintain and propagate. They thrive in most soils, do best in full sun, and are rarely troubled by disease or insect pests.   Despite what many people think, daylilies are not native to North America. Today’s daylilies are derived from 20-25 species that were originally native to the Far East (China, Mongolia, Japan, Northern India and Korea), where for millennia they were cultivated as a food source and for medicinal purposes.  During the 1500s, these plants were brought by trader...