About
Hemerocallis 'Ruby Sullivan' is a cultivar of daylily (genus Hemerocallis) in the family Asphodelaceae, grown for its season of summer blooms. It produces perennial, clump-forming growth from rhizomes with strap-like basal leaves, and its individual flowers typically open for a single day. In the UK it flowers from June to August. Routine division of crowded clumps renews vigour and flowering.
About the genus
A daylily, day lily or ditch-lily is a flowering plant in the genus Hemerocallis, a member of the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, native to Asia. Despite the common name, it is not taxonomically classified in the lily genus. Gardening enthusiasts and horticulturists have long bred Hemerocallis species for their attractive flowers; a select few species of the genus have edible petals, while some are extremely toxic.
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In the garden
Hemerocallis 'Ruby Sullivan' belongs to the genus Hemerocallis within the Asphodelaceae and follows the general habit of daylilies: herbaceous perennials that form clumps from rhizomes and carry strap-shaped basal leaves. Daylily blooms are short-lived at the individual-flower level, and in the UK this cultivar flowers from June to August, producing successive scapes through the summer. Plant in a free-draining spot where the crown sits at soil level; established clumps tolerate a range of light but flower best with ample daylight. Keep soil reasonably fertile and avoid waterlogging at the roots. Remove finished flower stalks to tidy the clump and encourage any later buds to open; thin and divide congested clumps in spring to restore root vigour and flowering potential. Use Hemerocallis 'Ruby Sullivan' where a summer display of repeat scapes is useful: it works at the front or middle of herbaceous borders, in grouped drifts along paths or drives, or as an edging to perennial beds. Left undisturbed for several seasons it will produce larger clumps that benefit from lifting and dividing when flowering starts to thin out.
More in the Hemerocallis genus
- Hemerocallisdaylily
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