Daylilies at Fleurs de Viv

Daylilies

The scientific name for daylily is Hemerocallis, most recently considered to belong in the plant family Hemerocallidaceae. Previously, many older works placed daylilies in the Lily family, Liliaceae. Notice that the preferred spelling is "daylily" as one word. Many dictionaries spell it as two words. The word Hemerocallis is derived from two Greek words meaning "beauty" and "day," referring to the fact that each flower lasts only one day. To make up for this, there are many flower buds on each daylily flower stalk, and many stalks in each clump of plants, so, the flowering period of a clump is usually several weeks long. And, many cultivars have more than one flowering period. (The American Hemerocallis Society)We are developing our daylily farm from breed stock that we recently purchased. Already some of the new plants are blooming! Plus, we already had some nice plants.

This album includes the many different types of Daylilies that we grow in our gardens.
The photos are sequenced in date order with the earliest blooms first. So, go ahead and scroll down to the more beautiful blooms! ;)

The photos are from our 2016 growing season and is current up to today (May 26, 2016). Future blooms will be posted in a separate post. Click on any photo to enlarge it. It can also be downloaded for your PERSONAL / NON-COMMERCIAL USE. All other rights reserved!

White Turmeric - Curcuma zedoaria

The most beautiful bloom today is a pink flower growing out of the ground directly.


White Turmeric (Curcuma zedoaria). AKA "Hidden Ginger"
The tuberous rhizomes are actually white (rather than orange as most turmeric)

White Turmeric (Curcuma zedoaria)

Double Bridal Wreath (Reeves Spirea)

Common Names: double bridal wreath, double Reeves, Reeves meadowsweet.

Reeves spirea

Spiraea cantoniensis (spy-REE-uh kan-toe-nee-EN-sis)

The Reeves Spirea is described on the Floridata website:

The leaves are about 2 in (5.1 cm) long, dark green on top, pale blue green beneath, and diamond shaped with toothed margins. The small roselike flowers (0.5 in in diameter) have five (or many) white petals and are borne in round clusters about 2 in (5.1 cm) across and are profusely distributed all over the bush.

….If it is necessary to prune (and that’s a pity!), do so right after flowering, before the next year’s flower buds develop.

Our Bridal Wreath bloomed slightly last fall (see the article here.) but is again in full bloom this spring. We have several but here is a sample of what the bush looks like:

Bridal Wreath (Reeve's Spirea)

And here is a photo of the blooms in close-up:
Bridal Wreath (Reeve's Spirea)

Generally, the blooms are gone by the end of April.