My Favorite Perennial Flower
I grow it in the front of my garden where I can see the leaves. I did let it grow one year in the middle of the garden as it has very tall flower stems but I missed seeing the foliage so it now resides front and center.
The variegated foliage isn't stable and every year it throws a few totally green leaves. I dig these up and divide them off (a quick downward thrust with a shovel cuts them off nicely) every spring so the only foliage left is variegated.
The offsets do flower with the same bloom but without variegation. Boring - so I compost them.
The daylily grows in the full sun or light shade and is one of the easiest of perennial flowers to grow.
Having said all of that, there are some newer variegatef daylilies on the market - a little hard to find - and I haven't grown any of them (yet) :-)
But this one is my favorite. It's bright, it's cheerful in the morning light, the foliage is great and I just like daylilies.
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