Lemon Lily?

Ed_B · Post by **Ed_B** » May 14, 2007 9:55 pm

I have had a bunch of opinions on this one.

I like it whatever it is, and the first bloom opened today

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » May 14, 2007 10:23 pm

I think I remember this one....Wow, it is really early, huh?....I was out looking at all my daylilies today trying to decide what to dig for the trade....I only did one....I can't wait for the pretty flowers!!

Thanks for sharing, Ed!!

John · Post by **John** » May 14, 2007 11:56 pm

Ed, does the flower have a strong lemony fragrance? This is the second earliest one to open for me, (Hemerocallis flava) after H. dumortieri.

The foliage seems a bit more arching though in yours, rather than upright...

Ed_B · Post by **Ed_B** » May 15, 2007 2:03 am

Hi John, it is fragrant, strong lemon, maybe not strong.

It is very fragrant for a daylily though.
wish I could be of more help.

I will check out (Hemerocallis flava) after H. dumortieri)
tomorrow

John · Post by **John** » May 15, 2007 9:39 am

Okay, Ed. "They" changed the lovely name flava to the impossible lilioasphodelus-- I'm not changing. We can still call it the lemon lily!

Tracy_Zone5 · Post by **Tracy_Zone5** » May 15, 2007 9:51 am

I think I have the same daylily. I can never smell the fragrance in a daylily. But I asked the neighbor boy if it smelled good and he said "sorta". I need to get my DH out to sniff it, he can smell all flowers.

If it is the same as mine, it will tend to spread more than clump.

I got mine from my great aunt, and after she was in the nursing home with mild dementia she asked me if I had her lemon lily, so I have always assumed that is what it is.

My first bloom was on Saturday. I think it is my favorite because it is the first of the season.

Tracy

Ed_B · Post by **Ed_B** » May 15, 2007 10:39 am

HI Tracy

The one I have does not spread at all, in fact it is a very well
behaved clump.
I got this from the edge of a burning pit of an older neighbor couple who decided to redo their landscape.

I can smell it's fragrance, but with the fragrance from the daphne's in full bloom hanging in the air, it doesn't smell that much to me.

John · Post by **John** » May 15, 2007 11:02 am

Mine is a distinct clump as well. Ed, it seems to me even the most fragrant daylilies require a very close sniff, they do not appear to cast their scent into the air.

Ed_B · Post by **Ed_B** » May 15, 2007 11:12 am

Hi John

I remember going by the daylily beds when they are in full bloom there is a fragrance in the air, slight but noticeable.

I am not hardcore enough to figure which were fragrant and those that were not.
I enjoy the flower for what it is.

nanny_56 · Post by **nanny_56** » May 15, 2007 8:12 pm

I don't care what you call it!! It's a daylily and and right now I am loving it!!

Mine I got this spring from Chris & Klehms are really growing. I can't wait for some blooms though!!

Claudia

Ed_B · Post by **Ed_B** » May 15, 2007 8:19 pm

Claudia don't you know it, the are growing by leaps and bounds, now sometime in late June, early July,

janet · Post by **janet** » Jun 15, 2007 7:26 pm

Well, two months after Karma's in the Pacific Northwest and one month after Ed's in the Upper Midwest, my H. flava are finally blooming here in Northern New England. Better late than never!!