nounplural noun hemerocallis

• A plant of a genus that comprises the day lilies.

  Genus Hemerocallis, family Liliaceae

  ‘In summer, traditional perennials take over, and peonies, irises and hemerocallis fill the flowery brook.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Perennials such as iris or hemerocallis will show a noted decrease in blooms over the years if they are not divided.’
  • ‘Geraniums, phloxes, eupatoriums and hemerocallis are split less often - perhaps every three to four years.’
  • ‘Sitting under a rose and clematis arbour in one area, you see through a lunette in a pyracantha hedge to a pond, encircled by lavender, heleniums, hemerocallis, gaillardias and calamintha.’
  • ‘Dark plums marry with purple sedum and rich pink hemerocallis along one border.’