Good plant #44 - Hemerocallis 'Siloam Doodlebug'

Surely everyone likes at least one day lily?  I much prefer the dwarf varieties of this herbaceous hardy perennial.  This is one of a few siloam varieties I have purchased for my own garden and they take front stage.  Although indivdual flowers only last one to three days, provided you remove faded flowers, they keep producing new ones.

It prefers a sunny site and fertile soil but will tolerate a little shade.  These plants benefit from being propagated by division every three years or so.  I feed them in spring and summer with a multi-purpose liquid feed on the soil around the roots .  I also keep the roots moist at all times with regular watering and a mulch to encourage more flowering.

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