Red daylilies - sample of varieties

I think, the daylily would not have won such popularity among gardeners, if there were no red plants in the palette. The color of this
significantly expands the use of daylilies in landscape design.

It must be said that for some reason gardeners believe that growing an daylily of an unusual shape or a spider (which is by no means the same thing) is some kind of aerobatics.

I do not even know what made this myth. A very large number of arachnid varieties belong to the most stable daylilies in our climatic zone.

They do not belong to the so-called evergreen varieties, which, with certain weather factors, may have some problems with hibernation. They have the most common set of chromosomes inherent in the usual natural kinds of daylilies.

All their long life in our gardens, they proved their vitality and unpretentiousness.

But the gardener, especially a beginner, who saw this truly "Martian miracle" with long petals, and even whimsically twisted or curled, quite often sadly drops his hands, believing that this beauty is not for him, he will not tame it. Of course, there are more gentle varieties among the spiders.

Especially those that are obtained somewhere in the warm expanses of American California or Florida. But even knowing this, it's hard to deny yourself the pleasure of buying a masterpiece by name Velvet Ribbons (Velvet Ribbons). It's not just a red color, but a black-violet-red!

Yes, perhaps, for calm contemplation, to soothe the need for flowers in pastel colors: cream, pale pink, ivory. But in fact, with our short and often cold summer, you want warm, sometimes hot colors.

And it is not necessary to chase new varieties. No, no, I'm not dissuading anyone from new products.

But take an old grade Rev. Red (Autumn Red) - Is he bad?

It blooms profusely, grows well, forming a rather fast, powerful, bush-free bush.

Or variety of daylily newer, but by no means the last word of selection - Bela Lagosi (Bela Lugosi). Also produces a large number of peduncles, blooms for a long time. By the way, for the bloody shade of the petals, the variety is named after the Hungarian actor, who first played the role of Count Dracula ...

Or a novelty of three years ago, a very interesting cultivar Duck Moon Fair (Dark Moon Fair). Red-purple with a lavender watermark {this is who does not know, not a very contrasting ring around the throat).

And a spectacular corrugated rim along the edge of the petals. Personally, I like bends, drawings on petals, color combinations are simply mesmerizing.

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Related link: Planting and caring for daylilies

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There is an opinion that red-colored varieties should be planted in a semi-shady place. Like, they burn out in the sun.

In principle, it is clear where this opinion came from - from the south of France, California and even from our Krasnodar Territory.

In these places in general, all varieties, not only red, should be planted in a delicate penumbra.

Applicable to our region, I can neither agree with this statement, nor refute it.

You just have to watch your wards. Personally, as much as possible, I plant my daylilies in full sun. And the result is satisfied.

However, there is in my collection an old-old variety Terracotta Baby (Terracotta Baby). He was planted in the very sun.

And every year its flowers, especially towards the end of the flowering season, have been burned to the surface, becoming red and pale-ocherous.

After transplanting the plant into a sliding light shadow from the bush chubushnik everything fell into place. So you need, as they say, an individual approach to each grade.

But do not take for the burnout whitish spots and stains, which sometimes appear on the petals of the daylily. Here, most likely, the fault of moisture, got inside the bud.

If you already have a red daylily, buy a second, third, fourth ... Compare them with each other. And you will see that they are all different.

Of course, you just need to compare this. It can not be said that it is better to have a huge purple spider or a red curb "small flower". Each variety can find its own place in the garden.

Moreover, the daylilies are so well combined with each other!

Red daylilies - photo

In the photo the figures are:

1. Bela Lagoshi
2. Big Red Vagon
3. Dark Moon Fair
4. Mary Brown
5. Outrages
6. Moses Fair

Author A.Ganov

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