‘In summer, traditional perennials take over, and peonies, irises and hemerocallis fill the flowery brook.’
‘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.’
Origin
Modern Latin, from Greek hēmerokallis ‘a lily that flowers for a day’, from hēmera ‘day’ + kallos ‘beauty’.
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