1. BOTANICAL NAME
HEMEROCALLIS cv.

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

4. COMMON NAME
Daylily

6. FAMILY
LILIACEAE

8. Life Cycle
Herbaceous perennial

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

11. ARRANGEMENT
Basal

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

15. MARGIN
Entire

17. VEINS
Parallel

19. COMPOSITION
Simple

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

24. FRUIT
Fall
Green pod turning to brown

25. EXPOSURE
Sun
Part Shade

26. GROWTH
Rapid

27. USE
Ground cover

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

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

30. PROBLEMS
None

31. ZONES
6 to 9

32. NATIVE OF:
Japan