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I’m conflicted about daylilies (Hemerocallis spp.). With their bright colours and flamboyant display they should surely be the cause of a roiling passion within me and yet, somehow, I’m... not quite feeling it, and so I find myself in possession of what I imagine will be an unpopular opinion. It’s not that they’re gaudy – of course they are, but by the time summer comes around that’s entirely acceptable even, under a hot sun, entirely preferable. I think it’s more that, in exchange for the company of their flowers – each bloom fading with a haste that would make a peony look like a model of endurance – we’re required to put up with a considerable mass of frankly uninteresting, rather soggy, strappy foliage for most of the year. If you’ve got the room, then knock yourself out, I say. But I’ll continue to admire daylilies in other people’s gardens.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
