Daylily Companion Plants - Learn What To Plant With Daylily

Some good flowers to plant with daylilies include:

Echinacea.
Lavender.
Shasta daisy.
Bergamot.
Phlox.
Black eyed Susan.
Baby's breath.
Yarrow.

What plants grow well with daylilies?

Echinacea, Perovskia, Achillea, Coreopsis, Phlox, Salvia, and Buddleia are wonderful daylily companions and they will bring your garden alive with the flitting of butterflies and hummingbirds. Ornamental grasses make an outstanding backdrop for daylilies.

What perennial looks good with daylilies?

Many perennials attractive foliage as the plants emerge in the spring. Tall-bearded iris, peonies, hosta, and sedum all look good as they make their appearance. Similarly, the newly emerging foliage of dormant daylilies looks fresh and appealing.

How many daylilies can you plant together?

The shorter, more compact varieties work well planted directly into perennial borders, where their blooms provide a welcome mid-summer boost. In groups of 3 or 5, daylilies are ideal for landscape plantings, especially when paired with ornamental grasses and small shrubs.

Can I use Miracle Grow on daylilies?

Daylilies are easy to grow and care for, perennial, and drought-tolerant. ... Plant daylilies in full sun. Prepare the soil by adding Miracle-Gro® Garden Soil for Flowers. Plant daylilies in spring or fall when the weather is mild.

What is a good fertilizer for daylilies?

We typically use a high quality, nitrogen rich fertilizer each spring before the daylilies begin to bloom. Slow release fertilizer, liquid fertilizer, compost or well-rotted manure are all good choices as well. Daylilies love nitrogen so it's important to use a mix that is high in nitrogen.

How do you keep daylilies blooming all summer?

Daylilies are strong performers in the garden.

If you deadhead them (cut off the old flower stalks at the base) you will get even more blossoms than if you leave the stalks up to form seed pods which over the summer will ripen and burst in the fall.

How do daylilies multiply?

Dividing Daylilies

You can divide daylilies anytime during the growing season, but to ensure blooms next year, divide your daylilies right after they flower. For best results, dig up the entire clump of daylilies, cut the foliage back to about 6 inches, and pull or cut the clump into pieces with a sharp knife.

When can I divide my daylilies?

Daylilies can be divided in early spring (as new growth begins to emerge) or in late summer. Dig up the entire clump with a spade. Shake or wash off the soil. Then carefully pull the clump apart.

Will Daylilies grow in the shade?

SHADE AND SUN: For best results, grow daylilies in full sun. The plants also grow well in partial shade, but may produce fewer flowers.

Should daylilies be cut back for winter?

Although daylilies don't need to be cut back in the fall, doing so has several advantages. First and foremost, it keeps beds looking neat and tidy all winter long. If allowed to remain, the decaying foliage certainly isn't the most appealing of landscape features.

How can I make my daylilies bloom more?

If the proper growth conditions are being met, one of the best methods to encourage blooms on daylily plants is to divide the plants. Daylilies that have become overcrowded will need to be divided and replanted elsewhere in the garden. In general, daylily plants can be divided any time throughout the growing season.

How long does it take daylilies to bloom after planting?

Individual flowers last but a day, but plants typically open successive blooms over four to five weeks.

How do you keep daylilies looking good?

Daylily Maintenance

Watering. Water is the most essential factor in growing healthy, beautiful daylilies. ...
Fertilizing. Daylilies grow well in any reasonably fertile garden soil. ...
Deadheading and Seed Pod Removal. ...
End of Season Clean-up. ...
Dividing Overgrown Daylily Clumps.

Why are the leaves on my daylilies turning yellow?

When fall arrives and temperatures cool, daylily plants stop growing and their leaves start to turn yellow as photosynthesis -- the plants' manufacture of food -- stops. By late fall, the yellow leaves turn brown then gradually dry, collapsing around the plants' bases.

How fast do daylilies spread?

If you're planting multiple specimens, you'll space them 1 to 4 feet apart, depending on your patience reserves; patient gardeners will find theirs filling out in 2-3 years and eating up that space, but folks who want to make an impression NOW will space their daylily plantings closer to 1 foot apart.

Is Epsom salt good for daylilies?

Epsom salts are also known to be very helpful in assisting the daylilies to acquire nutrients which are very essential for their food. You can use these salts as fertiliser by sprinkling or spraying ample amount of these salts directly to promote your daylilies growth.

Do daylilies like bone meal?

Do not use any fertilizer on a newly potted daylilies. ... Commercial fertilizers like 12-24-12 or 5-10-5 in the fall and early spring with additional phosphorous in the early spring is good. Daylilies respond to bone meal or cottonseed after they are well established.

How often should you fertilize daylilies?

In average garden soil, you can apply a complete fertilizer (like 5-10-5) in springtime. If the soil is poor, add a second application in late summer or fall. Broadcast granular daylily fertilizer on the soil around the plants, but keep it off the leaves of the plant.

Should I deadhead my daylilies?

Don't feel like you have to deadhead your daylilies every day. Deadheading plants at least a few times throughout their bloom period should be enough to keep them from spending energy on developing mature seed. ... Once there are no longer any blooms, flower stalks can be cut to the base with hand pruners.

What to do when daylilies have finished flowering?

The spent blooms and seed heads on this plant should be removed to help the plant use it's energy on new growth and blooms. Because of this, they should be cut back to the base of the plant as they appear. This, like removing spent blooms, forces the plant to use it's energy on new blooms and plant strength.

Should you cut back daylilies after blooming?

The minimum daylily trimming you should do is an annual tidy up of spent leaves and stems. ... As often as after each bloom is spent or leaf wilts, you can trim back dead material. A good time for a more concerted effort is during late summer when you get a second flush of blooms.