Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Do day lilies have seeds?
"Natty_Dread" wrote in message .. . I'm growing several varieties of day lily this year, some Asiatics which I planted as bulbs and a few varities of Hemerocallis which I purchased as established plants. Two of the Hemerocallis plants, H. Flava and H. Pardon Me, have some blooms that never opened, and those bloom "pods" (for lack of a better word) have stayed green but are now hard. I broke one open to check it out and found what looked like small round black seeds inside. Are these actually seeds that can be sown? I've never thought of lilies as coming from anything except bulbs, but I guess the bulbs have to come from somewhere also! Any ideas what these things might be? Thanks in advance for any information. Rhonda Alexandria, VA USDA Zone 7 You are confusing daylilies with true lilies. True lilies, like the Asiatics (Lilium), are bulbs. Daylilies (Hemerocallis) are simply fleshy rooted perennials. All flowering plants will produce seeds, whether they are rooted or bulbous, but there is often a significant time lapse in achieving a flowering sized plant from seed when it is typically propagated by other means. Plants MUST flower and those flowers fertilized to produce viable seed. Since daylilies have such a short bloom life (a single "day") it may be very easy to miss the blossoms, but for seed to form they most certainly did occur. You can sow those seeds and, if viable, they will produce a plant in due course, but you will get much faster results if you just divide the root crown of the existing plants. True lilies (bulbs) can also be grown from seed, but it is an extended process from sowing to a flowering plant and Asiatics will multiply freely once well established. pam - gardengal |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Lilies - Lilies-Stargazer_5695.jpg (1/1) | Garden Photos | |||
Lilies - Lilies-Red_5688.jpg (1/1) | Garden Photos | |||
Lilies - Lilies-Red_5684.jpg (1/1) | Garden Photos | |||
Lilies: - Lilies-Stargazer-CU.jpg (1/1) | Garden Photos | |||
PEACE LILIES WITH NO LILIES | United Kingdom |