Daylily seeds

[raammartin]

I have some dried Stella d'Ora daylily seeds I got from this last seasons daylilies. Can I plant them? What can I do with them? I really want more daylilies.

TIA!

 

[Nancyg56]

I would just dig up the existing plant and split it. They are one of the easiest perennials to divide. Then you just replant the two or three plants you got from teh one. I never plant the seeds. I deadhead the flower after it has gone by before it turns to seed.

 

[fofinia]

I did some research this spring about the seeds that daylillies and tulips produce. And pretty much what it said is don't bother. That it would take a few years for a sturdy enough plant to grow and be able to support flowers. No harm in trying but it will be a while before you see results.
Like nancy said just dig them up and divide the tubers. If you need step by step instructions you could look up Rebecca's Garden on HGTV.com. She had lily dividing on her show. Lilies actually like to be divided. You'll be rewarded with more vigorous growth.

 

[raammartin]

Thanks for the advice, Ladies. I think I'll do as y'all say and divide the lilies. When is a good time to do that?

 

[Nancyg56]

You can do it right now. It is easy in the spring time when they are just popping through the soil, or in the fall is fine. Day lillies are very hardy, so you really cannot hurt them.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

I have a lot of fun planting daylily seeds. They really do come up and flower fairly quickly from seed (usually in their 2nd year), and they hybridize so freely, that you never know what the new lily will look like!
I agree with the others, dividing would be the quickest way to get new plants, and the plants you get are certain to be Stella DeOro. If you plant seeds, many times they will either revert to their constituent parent characteristics, or the seeds may be the result of crossing with other nearby daylilies. Fun, but not reliable.

 

[lovesmurfs]

You can do it right now. It is easy in the spring time when they are just popping through the soil, or in the fall is fine. Day lillies are very hardy, so you really cannot hurt them.

Yep. You have to work hard to kill a daylily. I've split them (and hostas) in the middle of the summer and they've done well.

 

[Nancyg56]

Yep. You have to work hard to kill a daylily. I've split them (and hostas) in the middle of the summer and they've done well.

Me too. I tend to use very hardy plants because I never seem to follow the proper methods of maintaining them. Astilbe is another that I chop in half in the summer, and have managed to keep alive. Just kept them from drying out.

 

[raammartin]

This weekend I'm going to dig up and divide the daylilies I have. I can't wait. Thanks!!

 

[Nancyg56]

If you keep that up you will have plenty. Be careful with daylillies as they are addicting! I find that everytime I go to a garden center I "need" just one more, and that leads to the next gorgeous purchase. Have fun with your plants!

 

[mommytotwo]

Where could I get these lily seeds from?
I want to try planting them at my house.

 

[fofinia]

When the flower fades a seed pod develops in it's place. If you don't deadhead by removing the portion of the stem where the flower attaches to it. A large pod will grow and develop and inside there are tiny white seeds. I have noticed that my wild, naturalizing daylillies don't develop seed heads. Its the more cultivated ones that do. for instance my Stella D'Oro daylillies get seed pods.

Good luck.

 

[Nolee320]

I just saw on HGTV how to hybridize day lillies. There is only one stamen per flower which is the longest one on the flower. The others are pistols. You take a pollen-filled pistol and put the pollen all over the stamen. You can use one pistol several times on several flowers. Mix any colors you want. Four days later, the seed pod is ready. You take the seeds and freeze them until you want to plant them (fall is best). Easy as pie and this is how new plant specimens are made by the professionals. No dividing. He didn't say, but I assume they come up the following spring.

 

[fofinia]

That's pretty cool are you going to try it? You'll have to let us know next spring what comes up!