Experienced gardeners, when landscaping a summer cottage, always draw up a plan taking into account the natural conditions and draw up it in accordance with the basic principles of landscape design - they plan the unity of the composition, take care of simplicity and colors - they work on creating a place for relaxation in the garden. There are also small landscape tricks using daylilies in the garden - famous designers repeat the design elements - three or five times.

Note! Another name is hemerocalis.

Daylilies in the landscape are widely used in the arrangement of country estates, dachas and parks. Low-growing hybrids adorn the borders of flower beds, next to hosts and cereals. Daylilies in garden design with a height of 30 cm or more are planted in groups in the background of mixborders, or in wide rows along walls and fences. In this way, paths and alleys in parks and gardens are often lined.

Daylilies in the landscape

Planning and planting in the garden. What to plant next to daylilies

Beautiful elongated leaves, double or miniature flowers - in all their diversity, daylilies are combined with the large number of plants in the flower bed with which they are planted. Planting begins in the spring, when there is no excess moisture in the soil. Some varieties tolerate shade or proximity to water, but in general, daylilies prefer slightly acidic soil with moderate watering, and sunny areas. On alpine slides, in pots, the composition of the earth is thought out in advance, fertilizers are fed on such poor soils several times over the summer.

Additional Information! Flowerbed design advice. A simple planting of low hybrid hemerocalis around peony or iris bushes decorates the garden, even in the last months of summer, these flower beds attract attention. Terry varieties are also suitable - planting daylilies in a small group looks more elegant if they leave a uniform green space after the plants.

They often approach the design of a mixboard with perennials creatively and successively planted Krasnodnyi on a flower bed (this is another name for daylilies) - from low to high. This creates a smooth transition in height to the trees. Or a composition is made from lilac to light pink, yellow to orange - the design of such a flower bed with daylilies is called a collection design.

What shrubs best coexist with a large daylily?

Juniper in landscape design

Tall specimens look against the background of ornamental shrubs - barberry, deren, or coniferous trees - thuja, juniper, blue spruce. Medium-high daylilies of delicate shades are planted next to rose bushes, the neighborhood of varieties is selected according to the matching shades and flowering time.

Important! Planting of plants is carried out at a certain distance, since the strong root system of the former over time drowns out the rose bushes.

Lemon perennials are planted in the background of mixborders. Particular attention is paid to the color scheme.

Lemon perennials

Note! Red shades next to yellow become faded. When planting such daylilies in the garden, they use landscape tricks - they dilute the flower beds with orange and variegated flowers.

A perfect addition to a light yellow flower garden will be silvery cereals or flowers of blue and purple shades. Daylilies with yellow-orange tones are also planted along brick walls - flowers only benefit from dark facades in the background. Hybrids of dark, burgundy, lilac, purple shades are better suited to light facades of buildings.What else daylilies are combined with in this color scheme are phlox and astilbe, lilies.

Care

Daylilies are rarely susceptible to diseases, more often unfavorable conditions become the cause of the disease - stagnant moisture, scarcity of soil or root damage by insects. The affected plants are dug up, treated with an insecticide or potassium permanganate solution, and transplanted.

Hydrangeas in landscape design

Otherwise, caring for these flowers is simple - for a healthy look, daylilies in the garden are fed in the spring, transplanted at the end of summer every 5 or 7 years, in late autumn the leaves are cut off. Daylilies reproduce by dividing the bush, cuttings, and occasionally by seeds.

Note! The best time to divide the bush is at the end of summer, but the plants are also planted in spring or in the middle of the season, new varieties grow much more slowly.

The proximity of daylilies with other flowers can be of significant benefit. The old leaves of tulips and daffodils are hidden behind the healthy green foliage of krasodnev before pruning, the yellowish arrows of decorative bows are hidden, and the fence is decorated. They bloom at different times of the day, some varieties bloom at night. When buying, be sure to check the ability to grow a flower in your strip and the main species characteristics by name. Daylilies in landscape design are a real find for a beginner and an experienced gardener.

Daylilies are widespread in Japan and China; in these Asian countries, flowers are not only placed in a vase, but dishes are prepared with them.

With a carefully thought out planting site, daylilies can perfectly decorate a garden plot or a park area.