Daylily
Hemerocallis cv.
(hem-er-oh-KAL-iss)
Despite one of the hottest and driest summers I can remember
the Daylilies proved they are tough, hardy performers in the garden. Despite
installing several new irrigation systems for clients this summer I don’t have
one at my house so the Hemerocallis lived and bloomed on a little bit of hand
watering and that's it.
With this kind of weather it is easy to see the faults and
shortcomings of the irrigation systems at work. It is generally easy to put
down too much water and that isn’t good for most ornamental shrubbery. It is
also easy to see dry spots that are usually not apparent when nature cooperates
with some rain. While we didn't go through anything like the drought out west
our area is used to at least some summer rainfall and even the thundershowers didn't
come this year. Lucky things are getting back to normal (ugh, just in time for
winter) in the precipitation department and we were able to keep most
everything we planted alive but I do know that plants sometimes show their
drought damage several seasons down the road.
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