A Detailed Guide to the Distribution Range and Growing Habits of Daylily

Other Names for the Daylily

Also known as yellow flower vegetable, golden needle vegetable, deer scallion, Sichuan forget-grass, forget-lily, red thorn, and so on.

Botanical Characteristics of the Daylily

A perennial herbaceous plant with a relatively thick, short rhizome and fleshy fibrous roots, most of which swell into narrow, elongated spindle shapes. The leaves grow in a clump from the base, strap-shaped and lanceolate, 30-60 cm long and about 2.5 cm wide, with a white powdery coating on the underside. In summer it produces large orange-yellow flowers; the scape is longer than the leaves and can even reach over 1 m tall; the panicle is terminal and bears 6-12 flowers, with pedicels about 1 cm long; the flowers are 7-12 cm long, the base of the perianth is thick and short, funnel-shaped, up to 2.5 cm long, with slightly wavy edges; the ovary is superior and the style is slender.

The main distinguishing features of this species are: the roots are nearly fleshy, with spindle-shaped swellings in the middle and lower parts; the leaves are generally rather broad; the flowers open in the morning and wither in the evening, are unscented, orange-red to orange-yellow, and the lower part of the inner perianth lobes has a pointed, raised nectar patch. These features distinguish it from other species native to this country. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to July.

Growing Habits of the Daylily

It is robust and cold-tolerant, and can overwinter outdoors in North China. It is fairly adaptable, likes moisture and is also somewhat cold-tolerant, likes sunlight and can also tolerate partial shade. It is not fussy about soil, but a moist soil rich in humus and well drained is preferable, and it should be grown above an altitude of 300-2500 m.

The Language of Flowers of the Daylily

Forgotten love. The daylily is also called the forget-worry grass, representing "forgetting all unhappy things."

Let him (her) go, let go of sorrow.

A mood that is hidden away.

The language of flowers of the daylily is the forgetting of love.

At the same time it is also the mother's flower of China.