Hemerocallis “Carolyn Criswell

Day-lily “Carolyn Criswell”

                                         ID#7

 
 

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

on-line at: www.gilberthwild.com

 

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.

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HEIGHT X SPREAD: 2 ft x 2 ft

PLANT TYPE: deciduous, dormant in winter.

GROWTH RATE: medium

TEXTURE: medium 

LIGHT: Full sun to part shade

WATER: moist, to dry. Tolerates drought

SOIL: tolerates many types
As observed in Coastal NC.

BLOOMS: 24” tall and about 4 1/2” blooms,  mid season. Canary yellow with a hint of white strip.

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

KEY FEATURES: Described as blooming for 10 weeks straight. I will have to keep track once more sun is provided.
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.
    
Plant has been severely shaded by surrounded  Weeping Redbud Tree and Cryptomeria. As result, foliage and blooms have suffered.

01/ 2010