An introduction to the heat-tolerant and cold-resistant characteristics of the golden doll daylily

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Golden doll daylilyis a dwarf excellent variety selected in recent years from polyploid hybrids of daylilies, and is a relatively common horticultural plant variety.

It is heat-tolerant and cold-resistant, highly adaptable, and easy to cultivate and manage, suitable for clump planting as accents in green spaces such as city parks and plazas.

So how is the golden doll daylily grown? Please read on with your questions together with the master!

How to grow the golden doll daylily

Best propagation time:Division of the golden doll daylily is generally carried out in spring from February to March.

Best growing soil:The golden doll daylily requires deep, fertile soil; for pot cultivation, the soil should be loose and well-drained. It grows best in loose, fertile, well-drained sandy loam, and also adapts to fertile clay soil.

Growing humidity requirements:The golden doll daylily is a moisture-loving plant, so humidity should be maintained at 60-80 during the growing period.

Best growing temperature:The golden doll daylily sprouts early, is cold-resistant, drought-tolerant, moisture-tolerant, heat-tolerant, and highly adaptable; its underground rhizomes can withstand low temperatures of -20°C. The optimum temperature for open-field cultivation is 13-17°C.

Best growing light:The golden doll daylily likes light and tolerates drought, moisture and partial shade.

Notes on growing the golden doll daylily

Fertilizer application:

The golden doll daylily has a long flowering period; spraying Huaduo Zhuangdiling can promote strong buds, plump petals, vivid flower color, and a longer flowering period. Its green period is also long, and in terms of fertilizer and water management it requires sufficient base fertilizer, with organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer applied as a top dressing after the peak flowering period. During the cultivation period, loosen the soil and weed once or twice in spring and summer; from March to June, apply decomposed human manure liquid diluted with 3 to 5 times water each month; if phosphate fertilizer is applied once before flowering, it can improve flower quality.

Watering key points:

Although the golden doll daylily likes light and tolerates drought, it is a moisture-loving plant and needs timely watering.

Pruning essentials:

The golden doll daylily tolerates pruning, has wide adaptability, grows quickly, has a graceful form, and its branches and leaves are bright red and vivid.

Propagation essentials:

The golden doll daylily can be propagated bytissue culture and divisionmethods.

The annual propagation coefficient of the golden doll daylily is generally 1:6, and can reach 1:10 in fertile soil. Division can be carried out during the dormant period.

For the golden doll daylily, in spring from February to March, dig up plants that are more than 2 years old, divide them so that each bud becomes one plant, and each plant must have a complete bud head; then plant them at a row spacing of 40 cm and a plant spacing of 25 cm, with planting holes 10-12 cm deep. First apply base fertilizer into the hole, cover lightly with fine soil, then plant, and after planting cover with 4 cm-5 cm of soil, firm it down, and then water thoroughly.

Division planting of the golden doll daylily can also be carried out in March. In the Jiangsu-Zhejiang area, before early February, cut apart dense clumps, keeping two or three buds per clump, and replant; they can bloom in the same year.

Pest and disease control:

For the prevention of rust, leaf spot and leaf blight in the golden doll daylily, on the basis of strengthened cultivation management, timely clear weeds, old leaves and dried flower scapes. In the early stage of disease, for rust spray 15 Fengxiuning 1-2 times for control, and for leaf blight and leaf spot spray 50 mancozeb or similar for control.

Little facts about the golden doll daylily

The flower language of the golden doll daylily:

Daylily flowers are also called forget-sorrow grass, and their flower language is: forgetting love, hidden feelings, letting go of sorrow, forgetting unhappiness.

Daylily has a cultivation history of several thousand years in China. Daylily is also called xuancao, and xuan means to forget. The earliest written record appears in the Book of Songs, Wei Feng, Boxi: "How can one get xuancao, and plant it at the back." Zhu Xi noted: "Xuancao makes people forget sorrow; bei means the northern hall."

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