Daylily Lovers Blog

Daylilies belong to the genus Hemerocallis and are not true lilies. This Greek word is made up of two parts: hemera meaning day and kallos meaning beauty. This name is appropriate, because each flower lasts only one day. The daylily is originally native from temperate parts of Asia, Japan, Siberia, Korea, China, and Eurasia. Since the early 1930s, hybridizers in the United States and England have made great imrovements to this perennial. […]