Mill Brook House Daylilies

The Unsung Heroes of Daylily Land

                                                                Preppy Pink

Frequently overlooked and seldom purchased, Preppy Pink and Ruby Stella are this summer’s unsung daylily heroes.  Preppy pink has survived deer and drought.  Both began blooming in mid-July and are still hanging on despite this summer’s challenges.  Ruby Stella was billed as a “rebloomer,” (like Stella d’oro for which she is obviously named), but, in fact, once she starts blooming she just keeps on for about six weeks.

                                                                 Ruby Stella

 

 

Daylilies Keep Amazing Me

As per an earlier post, you can bring daylily stems inside, put them in water, and they will bloom.  Recently I brought in a branch with very small buds, thinking that if they bloomed at all, the blossoms would be tiny, but to my amazement, the buds grew.  Unfortunately, when they reached full-size, one of our cats bit them off--darn! I picked the buds up off the floor, and, unwilling to give up on them, placed them in a tiny pot of water--not expecting much.  But the next day, they bloomed!!