DAYLILY: Daylilies are commonly grown garden plants. These hardy perennials have large and attractive blooms that are similar to lily flowers. They are very easy to grow, many of the forms are tolerant of almost total neglect and will still be seen thriving in a neglected garden long after most of the other cultivated perennial species have been choked out by the invading native plants. Daylilies are actually cultivated as food crops in some countries, such as China and Japan. All parts of the plants are edible though it is the flowers that are most frequently used. Day lilies also have a number of other uses and, all in all, deserve to become a standard plant in edible and ornamental gardens. The Daylily Mini-Stella, 'Hemerocallis 'Mini Stella', produces small clumps of grass-like leaves with showy clusters of miniature yellow lily-like blooms on smaller stems than full-sized Stella daylily. The 1 to 1/4 inch flowers appear in early spring. The Mini-Stella is a good container plant. The blooms are lavish and continues for several weeks or more on each plant. Trouble-free, maintenance-free, they tolerate most soils and conditions if they get at least 6 hours of sun. Use them in a perennial border, in front of shrubbery, as an edging along a walk or wall, and in your bulb beds, where they hide the ripening foliage of tulips and daffodils. They need dividing only every 10-15 years.
