Hemerocallis “Joan Senior”

   Day-lily “Joan Senior

                                            ID#  21

 
 
 

Additional Information: purchased from Gilbert H. Wild & Son, LLC  

on-line at: www.gilberthwild.com

 
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 
HEIGHT X SPREAD: 2 - 2 1/2 ft x 2 ft

PLANT TYPE: evergreen

GROWTH RATE: moderate

TEXTURE: medium 

LIGHT: Full sun to part shade

WATER: moist, to dry. Tolerates drought

SOIL: tolerates many types
As observed in Coastal NC.

BLOOMS: 25” tall and about 6” blooms, re-bloomer. Ruffled recurved near white, green throat. Best near white. Early-mid season.

FRUIT  AND  SEED: seeds do not produce the same variety. Propagate by division of roots.

KEY FEATURES: Curved petals with many ridges. Beautiful blooms but not abundant.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch

    When the 48 varieties collection was planted, it was a cold, rainy day. The list of details included: height, texture, flower color, evergreen to deciduous & blooming time. All I had to look out was the roots. 
    I attempted to mix & match colors, imagine height etc... however, I believe my husband suggested method: “toss them into the air and wherever they land is their home”  would have worked just as well.
    
   As luck has it, this plant ended up located next to the only other near white variety, ID #15 “Fairy Tale Pink”, hard to tell the difference between the two.

Once we made Mooring Hitch our permanent residence (Spring 2004), many truck loads of soil were deliver to build raise beds. The bare soil scream to be cover with plants.

I received a brochure offering 48 varieties of Day-lilies for $125.00 and I took it.

Day-lilies require little care: fertilize once in spring, remove dry foliage at season’s end. Occasional aphids are taking care by ladybugs. One of the 48 varieties.

01/ 2010