Read about Don in the Summer 2008 Issue of
Perennials Magazine
Press Release |
Read about Don in the April 2007
issue of The Bangor Metro
Magazine
Maverick Gardeners
"Three independent-minded
gardeners didn't like the way things were on their turf. So one
started digging, one stopped mowing, and a third is creating
his own breed of daylilies." Continued by Claire Ackroyd in the April issue of
The Bangor Metro. |
Simple Splendor |
Every year my hybridizing continues
forward in breeding northern hardy daylily plants with solid
landscape and garden performance in various colors. This year
I am pleased to add several new daylily introductions, all bred,
bloomed, selected and evaluated for three years or more here
in Maine.
This past year I was elected
Vice President of the Maine Daylily Society. I will serve this
position for two years and then fill the president's postion.
Promoting our favorite flower, the daylily, is an easy task with
the modern shapes and colors now available.
- Don Church, Blue Hill
Daylilies reach peak bloom here
the last week of July and the first two weeks in August. Visitors
to the garden are welcome during bloom season. Please see the
reservation page. In addition
to daylilies our garden contains a combination of evergreens,
dwarf conifers and lilacs.
Daylily plants from our daylily garden and nursery are grown
on the coast of Maine. Low temperatures here this last winter
reached 16 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Snow cover is variable
from year to year. The Daylily plants for sale offered have performed
consistently well in our garden. Daylily plants are bare root
double fans unless otherwise noted. You can order on line and
have them shipped to you or arrange a date to pick plants up.
Daylilies are Summer Perennials
Here in Blue Hill, Maine the Daylily plants begin to bloom in
mid to late July and finish up in the middle of August.
The Daylily plants flower in good time with the bloom of many
other excellent summer flowering plants such as Hydrangeas, Roses
Sedums and Lilium bulbs.
Many people ask for bulb daylilies. There is no such plant. Daylilies
are Hemerocallis. They are a perennial plant with wide grass
like leaves that return each year from the root. Lilium bulbs
are not related although some flowers may be appear similar.
Asian, African and Oriental Lilies are Lilium bulbs. Because
of the parallel bloom times Lilium bulbs are often planted with
Daylilies. They are excellent companion plants. While Daylilies
are only mildly fragrant, Oriental Liliums are strongly scented. |
Blue Hill Daylilies
Blue Hill, Maine
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