Record details

• ISBN: 088192427X
• ISBN: 9780881924275
• Physical Description: 176 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 29 cm
• Publisher: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Species 13 -- 3 Cultivation 15 -- Major factors influencing the type of daylily to grow 15 -- Ground preparation 16 -- Planting time 16 -- How to plant 18 -- Labels 19 -- After-care 19 -- Dividing and replanting 22 -- Bloom period 23 -- 4 Propagation 25 -- Division 25 -- Proliferation 25 -- Seed 26 -- Tissue culture 27 -- 5 Classification 29 -- Foliage habit 29 -- Bloom habit 30 -- Ploidy 31 -- Flower size 32 -- Flower form 34 -- Substance and texture 39 -- Flowering time 39 -- Flower colour 39 -- Colour patterns 42 -- 6 Recommended varieties 49 -- Large-flowered daylilies 51 -- Small-flowered and miniature daylilies 125 -- 7 Sources of supply 146 -- Nurseries 146 -- Clubs and societies 147 -- 8 Gardening and landscaping 149 -- Specimen planting 149 -- Mass planting 150 -- Cottage garden 151 -- Commercial plantings 153 -- Potted colour 154 -- Companion plants 155 -- 9 Pests and diseases 159 -- Pests 159 -- Diseases 161 -- 10 Photographing daylilies 163 -- 11 Hybridising 167 -- 12 Daylilies for eating 171.

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Subject:

Daylilies.