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Reblooming Daylilies

© Ellen Roddy

Daylily Topic Change Well, I promised a tour of a garden, but the folks that I wanted to interview were not available, so this week we are going to look at rebloomers and extended bloomers. Since most of the bloom is finished in this area except for the rebloomers, this topic is timely for the south. I know that there is still bloom in the northern areas from reading the Daylily Robin posts.

What is a Rebloomer?

Is a rebloomer classed as such because it has an extended bloom time or is it because it blooms intermittently throughout the season. After that full flush of bloom, it is a real let down to walk through the garden a see only the foliage (pretty as it is). Rebloom is what quite a few Daylily aficionados are interested in. There are many DayliIies listed as rebloomers, but do they really? To further confuse the issue, some catalogues list the extended bloomers as rebloomers. If we can't have rebloom, what can we do?

Staggered Bloom Time

When I got my first Daylilies, they were through blooming by the middle of July. This was so disappointing. Planting Daylilies with staggered bloom or some rebloomers is one way of creating a longer bloom time. "The Better Homes and Gardens" magazine listed quite a few in their May, 1997 issue. They included those shown in the following table. Please note that your results could vary depending on your climate, soil, and plant cultivation. We will go into the early, midseason, late and later season bloom some other time.

Extended or Reblooming Daylilies

JEN MELON	Late bloomer. Big, bright golden blooms with ruffles. Blooms and reblooms until frost
STELLA DE ORO	Small bright gold blooms. Blooms from May until frost.
LULLABY BABY	Small flower of delicate pink with ruffled edges. Blooms from 50-120 days.
MAY MAY	Small flower of pale yellow. Blooms about 65-150 days
BLACK-EYED STELLA	Small flower with a "red" center. Blooms about 65-275 days.
LEPRECHAUN'S WEALTH	Small apricot flower. Blooms about 70-170 days.
FAIRYTALE PINK	Pale peachy 5 1/2" bloom. Rebloomer.
PALACE GUARD	6" bloom in middle of season. Bright red with gold around the edges. Rebloomer.
TENDER LOVE	Pale Peach with lemon yellow center. Blooms about 40-80 days.

Rebloomers from Other Areas

The Daylily Robin subscribers were also helpful. They offered the some other plants that seem to have extended bloom or rebloom. Jean Bauden from Wisconsin says Camden Gold Dollar, Golden Scroll, Siloam Grace Stamile, Happy Returns, Quaking Aspen, Stella, May May, and Siloam June Bug do well for her. Robert Fitzpatrick from central Ohio says that Little Wine Cup, Little Spellbinder, May May, and Stella rebloom in his area.

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