Strawberry Candy Daylily, Fairfield Glade. June, 2008.
Several days ago my friend Mildred posted about strawberries on her site, http://nalleyvalley.blogspot.com/. You can read her strawberry post HERE.
In her blog Mildred talked about eating strawberries and she gave a couple of recipes. But at the end of her post she had a picture of a daylily, “Strawberry Fields Forever”. With a name like that, it certainly fit the theme of her post. But we have another daylily that would fit Mildred’s theme — Strawberry Candy, pictured above.
We have several daylilies in our yard and we really enjoy them. In many ways daylilies are a perfect perennial because they are available in a wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes. They are also very easy to grow and require very little care.
Each blossom on a daylily lasts for a single day (hence the name). But there are usually many flower buds on each daylily flower stalk, and many stalks in each clump of plants. So the flowering period of any one clump is often several weeks. In addition to this daylilies are vigorous growers growers and multiply quite quickly.
We only had one clump of Strawberry Candy last summer. We’re looking forward to many more in the years ahead.
Senior Moments 
January 24, 2009 at 6:53 am |
Good Morning George: The Strawberry Candy daylily is so very pretty!
Like you, I love that daylilies are easy to grow, even in the drought of the last few years. In one of my very first posts, I mention that mother and I spent hours purchasing daylily varieties that carried the name of beloved ancestors. It was a lot of fun pouring through catalogs looking for names like, Ida & Lassie! I even found a “Sister Mildred!” You and Betsy should search for two with your names. Thanks for the link to my post – I appreciate it and hope you and Betsy have a great weekend.
January 24, 2009 at 3:43 pm |
Mildred, I think I’ll take you up on that idea about looking for daylilies that have our name. But I must say that I found Betsy an iris named ‘Tennessee Vol’ and got that for her.
January 24, 2009 at 8:58 am |
That’s beautiful! I love daylilies also.
January 24, 2009 at 8:59 am |
Just beautiful. I love them…too bad they only have ONE day to shine.
January 24, 2009 at 9:08 am |
George: Very nice capture of the daylily.
January 24, 2009 at 9:22 am |
So very pretty! That’s neat that it fit right in with her strawberry theme.
January 24, 2009 at 9:31 am |
My husband loves daylilys. We always had yellow ones and they were all over the place. Yours are lovely.
January 24, 2009 at 10:41 am |
I too love day lilies. They are so bright, like a splash of optimism in the garden or along the road.
January 24, 2009 at 10:43 am |
That is a ‘candy’ I could handle lots of.I love daylilies for all the smae reasons you mention.
Blessings,Ruth
January 24, 2009 at 10:52 am |
Hi George, your Strawberry Candy daylily is beautiful..I may have to try growing some this spring..have a great week-end. Baba
January 24, 2009 at 11:01 am |
Oooooo….this is a lovely one! I love daylilies and would like to have a lot more. They are very popular in this area and you see lots of them as well as the nice wild ones growing along the ditches. My favorite is a double petaled one.
January 24, 2009 at 11:03 am |
This is such a gorgeous flower! I would love to have a bouquet of these!
January 24, 2009 at 11:15 am |
How pretty! I love daylilies. Here in Northern Virginia they’ve got them planted all along the roads leading into DC, and when they bloom every year, it’s really a gorgeous sight. I didn’t realize that the blooms only last a day – always wondered why they were called “daylily.” Thanks for the botany lesson. And have a great weekend!
January 24, 2009 at 11:26 am |
That is a beautiful flower. Too bad it only lasts one day.
January 24, 2009 at 12:40 pm |
That is a real beauty….I do not have any day lilies and need to get some. My boss had them and I loved them.
January 24, 2009 at 2:39 pm |
BEAUTIFUL colors here! I’m still waiting for my Day Lilies to bloom one of these days to see what color they are. A friend gave me bulbs a year or so ago and I planted them on faith.
Hugs and blessings,
January 24, 2009 at 2:45 pm |
My favorite is strawberry shortcake…yum:) Very pretty flower!
January 24, 2009 at 3:07 pm |
That is certainly a pretty daylily George. I do love how low maintenance daylilies are.
January 24, 2009 at 3:21 pm |
Tis a real beauty George.
Thanks for your visit and your kind comments.
January 24, 2009 at 3:47 pm |
Thank you George for showing us this beautiful flower.
January 24, 2009 at 3:50 pm |
I love daylilies too. This one is very pretty.
January 24, 2009 at 4:53 pm |
That’s a beautiful lily George.
January 24, 2009 at 5:05 pm |
Beautiful shot, George, and very informative. I see from your earlier post that your kindling is dwindling – your wife might like the warmth of the Aussie summer at the moment!
January 24, 2009 at 10:04 pm |
David, Betsy loves winter and snow so she’s quite content here in Tennessee. I, however, may take you up on your offer!
January 24, 2009 at 7:46 pm |
Lilies are some of my favorite flowers.
This one is very nice.
I’ll be singing Strawberry Fields Forever all evening. 🙂
Nice shot.
January 24, 2009 at 8:10 pm |
George,
You and Betsy must have some wonderful gardens…all your flower pictures are beautful!!
January 24, 2009 at 9:09 pm |
I also have Strawberry Candy, along with about 70 more varieties of daylilies. I even have one named Leedra’s Delight, it started in my garden so I could name it whatever…I liked the name Leedra’s Delight. It is such a great bloomer I have thought about registering it.
Leedra’s Photos For Fun
Leedra’s Greeting Cards
January 24, 2009 at 11:27 pm |
I didn’t know they only last a day..but gardening is not one of my strong suits at all…
January 25, 2009 at 10:48 pm |
I can see why that lily is named after two yummy things…. delicious eye candy!
January 26, 2009 at 2:31 am |
That’s a great name for that one. It’s so pretty. I bought some day lily bulbs but never planted them.