Bouquet for a day
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Last summer I made several bouquets with my bright yellow and orange daylilies. They were so cheerful and pretty- but died by the end of the first day. I was pretty bummed about it and thought it might have been the humidity causing them to shrivel up. Anyhow, I hadn’t thought about those daylilies since, until I went to the nursery yesterday and overheard a discussion about this very thing. The secret is quite obvious. Wouldn’t you know that they are called “daylilies” for a reason? Duh! I honestly never noticed that they die after one day in bloom. I think it’s because there are typically several blooms on each stalk so it’s not as noticeable when one flower is spent. Of course, I will probably notice this all summer now that I know! Anyhow, moral of this story- cut your daylilies early in the morning and enjoy them!
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Really? Who would have thunk? Good to know.
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It is true! I have been watching them closely over the last week- the blooms do only last one day.
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