A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 Newbie question: Daylily bloom

I just bought two Ruby Stellas on the weekend . One had a bloom that opened on Sunday morning and by Monday morning it was finished. Sounds crazy,but as I mentioned I'm new to this....are these flowers (LITERALLY) One-day-lilies?? I was a little disappointed that that was it!!lol

I'm a newbie too and was surprised about the one day blooms. I did notice, however, that each stalk has about 12 buds and they only bloom one per day. I figure I will have about 2 weeks of bloom time. Not as long as I had thought but at least it's not just one day!

Joanne

they are one bloom-a-day lilies...but some varieties will produce blooms throughout the summer. I think Stella is one of those, I have a few and some have bloomed for over a month now.

Make sure you pop off the old blooms when they die or you end up with messy looking plants

good luck! and give them a chance, they will come back bigger and better every year with more blooms than you expected.

Thanks for the quick response! Maybe I'll just have to get more of them!!

Yup, that's it. One day.....hence the name DAY-lily.


Try Gilbert H. Wild as a good source for daylilies. I've had very good luck with their product.