Daylilies are a MAJOR part of my garden, and I have thousands! The unopened buds taste like green beans, and are excellent raw or cooked (canned, too!) Flower petals are so crisp, so full of moisture, and slightly sweet, better than lettuce. Wilted flowers go into soups - I try to let a few flowers go through their full cycle on each plant, so I get food AND pretty flowers, too. The Stella D'oro tend to bear earlier, and bear for a shorter period than the old fashioned orange variety. Most of the Stellas that I have are yellow, but there are some peach-colored ones that I am trying to multiply, and another short bearing variety called 'Jamaican Sunrise', that have burgundy and yellow blooms. I wait until spring to dispose of the old flower stalks, because they make a good place for solitary bees to spend the winter. Shade is no problem at all; if they get too shaded, they won't flower, but will still produce their leaves and edible tubers. Propagation is easy easy easy - just wait until they aren't trying to make flowers, dig up a clump, and divide the bulbs. Plant a bulb every three inches, and in a couple of years, you can repeat the process. Once the flowers are done, if you let a few go all the way through their life cycle without harvesting, seed pods will appear. The seed pods are short, fat, three-lobed pods. Let them dry out, then break them open to get the seeds, which can be started in pots in the early spring - if you have multiple varieties, those seeds will produce some interesting f1 hybrids with different colors and growth habits.
Wow, so much great info! Thanks for sharing! Is it easy to grow the seeds? I never bothered since they are so easy to divide but I love the experiment of growing seeds.
This is helpful. Our cottage in NS is surrounded by tons of these and nobody knows they can be eaten. We just took their presence for granted. I am going to change that and start cooking and propagating them. Thanks
I love dayliles. My 92yr daddy and I for years went to farms to get dayliles. Had to move home to care for daddy. Selling my house and will move my dayliles.
I started with about 2-3. They established well and I had 24. Then they reproduced again! And again! It's like having zucchini - the neighbors hide if they see me dividing the lilies and trying to give them away☺
Nice to see a video on daylilies.We use them in salads all the time. Choped buds or cut petals. There is some early varieties too. We will try to cook them next time!
I first saw (faded) Day Lilies packaged in a Chinese supermarket about 30 years ago. When I researched into them a bit more, I found some very misleading information about them being used for narcotic effects. So I certainly didn't want to try them at the time. It was only 5 years ago that a more trustworthy source of information said they were perfectly harmless. I have been growing and eating the flowers since. (Not only do I eat the buds and open flowers raw, I chop the buds like scallions for stir fries and save the dried ones for 'last minute additions' to pasta, couscous, quinoa and rice dishes. No narcotic affects whatsoever). The Day Lily I bought 5 years ago is a double flowered hybrid, and that's very slow to propagate. Its wider strap-like leaves come under a little attack from slugs and snails in the early Spring. But I keep this double version potted (which seems to be enough protection) and the double flowers are absolutely gorgeous. Because the above one is such a slow spreader, I've since bought a dark mahogany flowered variety with finer leaves, which is already dividing itself at a manic pace (this will be the one that will be propagated industriously and go into the permaculture side of my garden). I do know that it is a good idea to divide Day Lilies now and again to maintain plant strength. I've seen old borders of unmaintained Day Lilies die off in the centre, weaken and be taken over by stronger plants, so do divide them every few years.
Super, thanks! I have loads of these and didn't realise they were a valuable addition to a sustainable garden. I have some to move in Autumn, now I know where I'm going to put them...plus they really fill out!
C'est super de voir quelq'un aussi excité à propos de cette petite fleur! 😆 Cette année j'aurai mon propre jardin pour la première fois et j'ai tellement hâte de grignoter des daylilies en arrosant ma laitue haha
Day lilies are THE strongest heartiest plants I know of. Mine start to break the surface of the ground in March!! They get covered in snow & they just keep on coming. Nothing stops them. Plus, they multiply like a weed (albeit a gorgeous weed, mind you.😏) If you're ever offered a bunch, take them. You will _not_ be disappointed, year after year.😉 Hugs from Atlantic Canada.🤗🇨🇦
I have a lot of buckwheat planted. I added mustard and was happy w/ the yellow, but now it made pods so I'm back to square one:-) I sowed some red cornflower seeds. I hope they will bloom to balance out the white of buckwheat which may be black bc it goes to seed fast.
Yes! We have them, eat them in our salads, and plan to buy more this fall. Never cooked them though. I love day lilies. When i was a girl my parents had what we called "tiger lilies" in the back yard. I was able to dig up a mess of them before we sold the old place after my father's death. They're ready to divide this year, and I'm going to transplant them into our little orchard (per one of your earlier videos), by our rain garden, and down by the chicken yard. We were fortunate that the seller of our house planted a bunch of Stella D'oro in front of the house. Added bonus, the deer don't like them! (Deer ate *all* of our hostas, our black-eyed Susans, browse our apple trees and cherry trees...)
Here in Minnesota the deer feast on them too. Gave up flower gardening in the front yard a couple of years ago because of them. But now I’ve enclosed my back yard garden with wire fencing and just reintroduced a gorgeous huge red and gold daylily into the vegetable garden, where it appears from this video to be appropriate!😆 I’ve enjoyed the day 3 version for years but I’m excited to try the other stages. My daughter has a whole back yard of day lilies that she wants out. I think we will have to try the roots or tubers then! Fun video!
I use daylillies as a spring veggie. I eat the shoots as they emerge in early Spring. I also use the flower petals to make an amazingly delicious wine.
I wanted to say I love your videos, your vouce ia so sweet and I have discovered so many useful ideas and information from you, thank you for all you have taught me, I am looking forward to watching more videos
For Richard b in Phoenix X yes the day lilies will grow in Phoenix X. Especially the common ones rather than the fancies. Give them some afternoon shade or Filtered shade
We used to have yucca and could never get enough of the blossoms. They are good. The roots are supposed to be very good too but that always seemed too extreme to dig up my plants to eat the roots since I only had a few.
I have a ton of them, mostly the double wild orange from, yep the side of the road......I inherited my mom's place an she planted those an beautiful burgundy color daylily many yrs ago, it's scent is divine and I wish I knew it's name, I'm trying to hybridize those 2 this yr, been thinking about it for far too long, so I hope it works......guess now I have to go pick some for my salad, Thanks.
great stuff. we use them too. cooked a bunch and got a little stomach upset. have heard that the old time variety is fine, but more modern cultivars might cause problems. any experience with this?
huh, I'v been eating and cooking the orange day lilies for years, but I didn't know about the Stellas! It's on the menu for tonights dinner. Thank you!
I went outside as well, because I recognised the flower. Deer grazed off all the flowers. (they graze everything here: trees, currants leaves and all, potato plants, tomatoes, sunflowers, etc.)
i used to live next to a neighbor who had these flowers covering both sides of the fence that divided our yards. they would always tell us we were welcome to eat them, but we thought you could only eat the nectar. who knew i could have been eating flower salad every spring! i wonder if i can grow them here in Arizona...
Thank you for this information! I did a bit of searching and found out that Day Lilies grow in hardiness zones 3-9. I am in Zone 9B, Phoenix AZ, and am wondering if anyone grows them here. I recently found your channel and am in the midst of watching all of your videos. You have provided so much valuable information. Thank you, again.
Evergreen varieties, at least, do grow in FL, which is similar in terms of very short winters and high summer heat. Obviously, a much more humid climate, but irrigation can probably compensate for the lower moisture in Arizona.
My kids have been eating the open flowers for years. They taste like sweet lettuce and they like to force their friends who are scared to eat anything straight from the wild to taste them. I've never tried any other part so I look forward to trying the buds this year.
I had no idea either, I'll plant some next year in my containers and try them or just admire their beautiful flowers!! Thank you, have a great weekend!! 😊
Hi Stefan. I really love the idea of Daylilies because there are so many different colours and bloom times. They could be blooming all summer if you get the right cultivars. I emailed a place just double checking that they are all edible and they told me to research as they could give you “digestive issues.” I haven’t found much on this except to mainly eat hemerocallis Fulva (the tried for years daylily) what do you think? Can I get a variety and eat them all?
Keith if you read through the comments you’ll find some people don’t digest them well. I guess like most foods there will always be a portion of people who don’t like or do well with them. That’s why I suggest you try them. If you like them then you’ve got an easy to grow food. Same idea for the different cultivars, try them and see how you like them.
My husband loves his lilies, and we have them planted front, back, and side of the house, but I never knew they were edible. I wonder how he would feel if he found them on the dinner table?
Plants are often called by different names here where I am, so can you tell me the botanical name of your day lilies, please? I've been told 'naked lady' or Belladonna lilies are poisonous, or at least the seeds are. What about the seeds of your day lilies?
This is really neat! I been growing these for 20+yrs and been admiring the blooms along side of the roads LOL Never knew they were edible. Thanks 🐾☮️🦋🌻
How timely! I have 2 big tiger lily beds in bloom and was wondering about this. I went outside and picked off a petal to eat. Surprising taste. It didn't taste at all floral. It tasted like a crunchy piece of lettuce.
@@brianthian8449 You misunderstand. I did my research first. Tiger lilies are the exact same thing as day lilies. Everyone here calls what you're referring to as day lily a tiger lily instead. They've always been called that in my part of the world because of the orange coloring. If there is a real lily plant with the same name, it doesn't exist hereabouts and never heard of it.
Are there only one type? I get worried about picking things I haven’t planted myself There’s been a couple times I planned on eating something and it turned out it was the wrong one For instance the lavender around here is a type for landscaping but not edible
"Many species also produce tuberous roots, or fibrous roots with occasional spindle-like swellings. These roots are also edible raw or cooked and have a very pleasant nutty flavour that is like a blend of sweetcorn and salsify (oyster plant). Young tubers are the best, though the central portion of older roots can also be used. Don't expect large crops of roots though, this will be just an occasional bonus crop when you are dividing plants." pfaf.org/user/cmspage.aspx?pageid=63
@@StefanSobkowiak Hemerocallis fulva are all edible. Some of the fancy varieties chosen for the beauty of their blooms aren't all that tasty. It is worth it to give them a try though. Especially in the Midwest there is an abundance of old fashioned orange daylilies that bloom along the side of roads and in wild places.
I have seen the bulbs used in a stir-fry. They look as though they are a "dickens" to clean though. They separated the bulbs...as in peeling an onion into "petals". Soak in water and scrub between your hands to get the soil off, then let soak for 15 minutes. Add to your stir fry, it is supposed to be starchy as a potato. Chinese Cooking Demystified is the channel I believe.
If you are going to try eating the tubers start off with a small amount and make sure it is cooked. You don't want to have a bad reaction like some people have with Jerusalem artichokes because they can't digest the inulin.
9.36 You should see what wild orchids do to male bees. The genus Ophrys immitate female bees in different ways in order to lure the male bee. He thinks they are bees and tries to copulate with the flower. He ends up sticking his head on the pollinia of the flower and frustrated he flies away but then he has no memory , so he goes to anothe orchid. I live in Greece and the hills and mountains are full of those amazing flowers!
I'm trying to find out, do you think this is good for soil building? As a green manure? Its spreading though my woods and I'm deciding whether to leave it or not..
Just like Jerusalem Artichokes and Amaranth... Stealth food we can sustain ourselves with after the zombie hoard steals our recognizable produce. LOL Would love to see a video from you on stealth foods before they start their marauding...
@@ZaneMedia I'm sure your clever dad would have fun with that one! "No actual zombies were killed in the making of this video..." LOL In all seriousness, stealth plants promote diversity and could be your saving grace if "things go south". Even folks who aren't allowed designated gardens in picky neighborhoods can still quietly put edible plants in the landscaping. The daylillies at my local Taco Bell are truly fast food. :) And taste your Jerusalem Artichokes before planting them. The Hardy Red Fuseau type tasted decent enough to plant but another variety was gross. You can never get rid of them in the yard... which might be good one day. I read you can leave tubers in the ground and dig up when hungry... even in winter.
Are day lilies the same as tiger lilies? What I have, in my yard, we took from the side of the road (ages ago). We always called them tiger lilies. Trying to figure out if my dad called them the wrong thing. All the pictures, on line, look the same.
It could be common names are often common to an area that’s why Latin names are often used to avoid such confusion. Look up ‘hemerocallis’ it’s the Latin for daylily.
Hope this helps. In the southeast we have all sorts of daylilies, but only one we call tiger lilies. The tiger lilies are orange with black dots on the petals, hence the name. They also have a different stalk and leaf pattern. Blessings!
Good timing, I'm just about to order bulbs, day-lilies will be added now. Zone 3 is cold and was surprised to see these will grow here, perfect! The good part is they are edible, can't beat that. Thank you for the heads up on day-lilies!
@@NaturallyCreativeme Had a look online and you are right, they are invasive. Will plant them away from the garden and use other bulbs to attract pollinators to the garden. Thank you hala tacuua for letting me know, all the best!
@@tallcedars2310 I'm just glad I could help. I just wish more people would think about this kind of thing. Invasive species are a harm to the environment and I am worried about videos like this.
@@NaturallyCreativemeI can see how this could happen if we are not made aware of invasive species. They are adding more and more plants to the list every year and this one really surprised me, and I'm sure them. I have a question about the day lilies though. If I plant them separate from my garden, is that still considered an invasive flower? Sorry to ask what is likely a dumb question, but I'm not clear on the in's and out's of invasive species. The catalog doesn't say anything about that. It does state that day lilies will produce more stems and flowers every year, but nothing about being invasive, I'm confused...
I have a small garden and a ton of houseplants, and I can't have daylilies, I have a cat who loves to chew and they're poisonous to cats. Also, I've grown sick of how they look. My town plants them freakin everywhere. Its upsetting and they're slowly working on changing it. I'm finding feverfew in the rain gardens now edging in on the lilies and catmint that used to be all that they'd grow. Now they've also got ornamental grasses, two or three new kinds of tree, and huge displays of dahlia, cannas, petunia, and a bunch of miscellaneous butterfly/pollinator friendly flowers. It shows we get butterflies that didn't used to show up in the center of town. It used to be that all that would show up in the center of town were cabbagewhites and maximum one or two yellow swallowtail butterflies a season. Now... NOW the swallowtails are regulars in the middle of town!!! But I've got a small side yard garden filled with containers, the next door neighbors and the center of town they all plant daylilies why on earth should I waste that space? Instead I have perennial herbs, five to eight different kinds of basil, zinnias, borage, nasturtiums and mustards for my flowering plants. Besides the bumblebees that come to my tomatoes and scarlet runner beans, I get hoverflies, teeny wasps (three or four different kinds actually, some are so beautiful its incredible), jumping spiders and a ton of yellow orbweaver spiders. (In fact this year seems to have more yellow orb weavers than the other four that I've been doing this in.) And this year I finally coaxed a yellow swallowtail butterfly and a dragonfly to stop at my garden (YIPPIE!) But daylilies are so over used in garden beds around here I don't bother with trying to use them/get them anymore. To me they're ugly. I'd rather master propagating and forcing other bulbs, I found tulip bulbs in empty lots and hyacinths are cheap around here so I can keep trying those. I've already gotten cannas to grow from seeds and the one risk i'm taking with my cat is forcing paperwhites (narcissus family bulbs are also poison to cats). Its just not worth it when every other block I'm seeing daylilies daylilies daylilies all over!!!!
We have a tub of orangey day lilies just like yours - but never considered that they might be edible!! Actually they hardly produce any flowers but they are a bit congested. Maybe they need to be divided and planted in the ground?
Your daylilies need to be divided. I have a clump that didn't bloom last year for the same reason. Daylilies are not invasive. Dig up the clump and select the best looking sections to replant with some amended potting soil. Discard the rest. Your daylilies will be a LOT happier and probably will bloom for you.
Recipes in “The Delightfully Delicious Daylily” by Peter Gail if you can find the book. I grow hundreds of cultivars and hybridize. When baby seedlings bloom it’s like Christmas, a riot of sometimes unpredictable color. The H. fulva are rhizomatous and may spread too much, careful where you put them. Some species tubers may not be as safe to eat as others, so easy does it at first try.
I love the taste of daylilies, but more than one flower a day makes me very nauseated. Just a word of caution for those who have never eaten them - try one first before really digging in.
Try the wilted ones in small quantities at first and cooked. Cooking tends to break down toxins in plant materials which is why beans are always cooked. The old fashioned orange daylilies are the ones the Chinese use in their cooking. You can find them along roads and ditches. Gather daylilies where you know they haven't been sprayed with herbicide. "The older, naturalized species of daylily, such as Hemerocallis fulva (including the double orange blossom variety “Kwanzo”) and Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus L., the naturalized yellow daylily, are both tried and tested edible species. Most other varieties are probably edible-just be sure to eat a small portion of these other varieties at first to ensure that they don’t cause any adverse reaction. Some people experience an upset stomach after consuming large quantities of daylilies." lazygardener.co/2017/04/19/chapter-excerpt-from-the-lazy-gardeners-guide-to-easy-edibles-daylilies/
No. True lilies are not edible. You can take some flowers and leaves to a County Extension Office and they'll help you identify the plant. Hemerocallis which means "beauty for a day" is what you want. It is such a common plant that there will probably be daylilies growing next to the County Extension Office! :)
It may depend on the variety, because I repot my 'double' Day Lilies annually and they clearly have clusters of large tubers much like a Dahlia in appearance. These are huge plants though. I recently bought a second variety of Day Lily: much smaller, finer leaves, smaller flower. When I try and think back, I don't recall seeing evidence of tubers in their pot, just lots of white root.
The old fashioned orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) you see at the side of roads is a good example of an edible daylily. Daylilies that are bred for their beauty alone aren't poisonous per se but they haven't been selected for their culinary qualities. Try a little in small quantities and cooked at first to see how it agrees with you. Don't eat any plant that has been sprayed with chemicals.
Daylilies are a MAJOR part of my garden, and I have thousands! The unopened buds taste like green beans, and are excellent raw or cooked (canned, too!) Flower petals are so crisp, so full of moisture, and slightly sweet, better than lettuce. Wilted flowers go into soups - I try to let a few flowers go through their full cycle on each plant, so I get food AND pretty flowers, too. The Stella D'oro tend to bear earlier, and bear for a shorter period than the old fashioned orange variety. Most of the Stellas that I have are yellow, but there are some peach-colored ones that I am trying to multiply, and another short bearing variety called 'Jamaican Sunrise', that have burgundy and yellow blooms. I wait until spring to dispose of the old flower stalks, because they make a good place for solitary bees to spend the winter. Shade is no problem at all; if they get too shaded, they won't flower, but will still produce their leaves and edible tubers. Propagation is easy easy easy - just wait until they aren't trying to make flowers, dig up a clump, and divide the bulbs. Plant a bulb every three inches, and in a couple of years, you can repeat the process. Once the flowers are done, if you let a few go all the way through their life cycle without harvesting, seed pods will appear. The seed pods are short, fat, three-lobed pods. Let them dry out, then break them open to get the seeds, which can be started in pots in the early spring - if you have multiple varieties, those seeds will produce some interesting f1 hybrids with different colors and growth habits.
Fantastic. Never thought of canning. Thanks.
Wow, so much great info! Thanks for sharing! Is it easy to grow the seeds? I never bothered since they are so easy to divide but I love the experiment of growing seeds.
Are they Low Fat?
@@rjww64 Yes. They are vegetables. Depends how you cook/eat them.
This is helpful. Our cottage in NS is surrounded by tons of these and nobody knows they can be eaten. We just took their presence for granted. I am going to change that and start cooking and propagating them. Thanks
You can eat hosta too. IThe shoots are very much like asparagus and cooked the same ways or eaten raw.
I love dayliles. My 92yr daddy and I for years went to farms to get dayliles. Had to move home to care for daddy. Selling my house and will move my dayliles.
So I have these in my front yard. MIND BLOWN! I tried the stage of Day 2, it was soooo good!
Devin Fish haha awesome!
I started with about 2-3. They established well and I had 24. Then they reproduced again! And again! It's like having zucchini - the neighbors hide if they see me dividing the lilies and trying to give them away☺
Judith Biller hahaha
It's expense at Homedepote. !
Lol
Nice to see a video on daylilies.We use them in salads all the time. Choped buds or cut petals. There is some early varieties too. We will try to cook them next time!
Francois Desjardins awesome let us know how that works out 👍
I first saw (faded) Day Lilies packaged in a Chinese supermarket about 30 years ago. When I researched into them a bit more, I found some very misleading information about them being used for narcotic effects. So I certainly didn't want to try them at the time.
It was only 5 years ago that a more trustworthy source of information said they were perfectly harmless. I have been growing and eating the flowers since. (Not only do I eat the buds and open flowers raw, I chop the buds like scallions for stir fries and save the dried ones for 'last minute additions' to pasta, couscous, quinoa and rice dishes. No narcotic affects whatsoever).
The Day Lily I bought 5 years ago is a double flowered hybrid, and that's very slow to propagate. Its wider strap-like leaves come under a little attack from slugs and snails in the early Spring. But I keep this double version potted (which seems to be enough protection) and the double flowers are absolutely gorgeous.
Because the above one is such a slow spreader, I've since bought a dark mahogany flowered variety with finer leaves, which is already dividing itself at a manic pace (this will be the one that will be propagated industriously and go into the permaculture side of my garden).
I do know that it is a good idea to divide Day Lilies now and again to maintain plant strength. I've seen old borders of unmaintained Day Lilies die off in the centre, weaken and be taken over by stronger plants, so do divide them every few years.
Nice inspiring video, its amazing how many hidden food sources we have due to being raised into a only culitvars are food mindset.
Super, thanks! I have loads of these and didn't realise they were a valuable addition to a sustainable garden. I have some to move in Autumn, now I know where I'm going to put them...plus they really fill out!
MermieOriginals awesome!
C'est super de voir quelq'un aussi excité à propos de cette petite fleur! 😆 Cette année j'aurai mon propre jardin pour la première fois et j'ai tellement hâte de grignoter des daylilies en arrosant ma laitue haha
The roots are really GOURMET! Thats the only thing I tried so far because it’s winter now 😀 Tryed them raw, they are perfect!
Started with one plant & now I have a huge patch in the garden as well as some in pots. And the hummers love them❣️❤
I love your editing! I noticed the little "pop" when you picked the lily and I thought that was such a nice little touch!
Day lilies are THE strongest heartiest plants I know of. Mine start to break the surface of the ground in March!! They get covered in snow & they just keep on coming. Nothing stops them. Plus, they multiply like a weed (albeit a gorgeous weed, mind you.😏) If you're ever offered a bunch, take them. You will _not_ be disappointed, year after year.😉 Hugs from Atlantic Canada.🤗🇨🇦
Plus you’ve gotta try them. Even the early green shoots. We had our first daylily salad yesterday.
@@StefanSobkowiak I accidentally cut some of those which collecting tubers and they look good, so I kept them.
I have a lot of buckwheat planted. I added mustard and was happy w/ the yellow, but now it made pods so I'm back to square one:-) I sowed some red cornflower seeds. I hope they will bloom to balance out the white of buckwheat which may be black bc it goes to seed fast.
Portia Holliday they’re going to look amazing!
The deer in the area agree 100% with you. I had two patches in my yard which I never saw bloom. Once in stage two the deer top them.
Yes! We have them, eat them in our salads, and plan to buy more this fall.
Never cooked them though.
I love day lilies. When i was a girl my parents had what we called "tiger lilies" in the back yard. I was able to dig up a mess of them before we sold the old place after my father's death. They're ready to divide this year, and I'm going to transplant them into our little orchard (per one of your earlier videos), by our rain garden, and down by the chicken yard.
We were fortunate that the seller of our house planted a bunch of Stella D'oro in front of the house.
Added bonus, the deer don't like them! (Deer ate *all* of our hostas, our black-eyed Susans, browse our apple trees and cherry trees...)
Flyover Pilgrim that’s awesome thanks for sharing :)
You must have strange deer, here in the Pocono mountains Pa the deer feast on daylilies
Here in Minnesota the deer feast on them too. Gave up flower gardening in the front yard a couple of years ago because of them. But now I’ve enclosed my back yard garden with wire fencing and just reintroduced a gorgeous huge red and gold daylily into the vegetable garden, where it appears from this video to be appropriate!😆
I’ve enjoyed the day 3 version for years but I’m excited to try the other stages. My daughter has a whole back yard of day lilies that she wants out. I think we will have to try the roots or tubers then!
Fun video!
Never been a fan of the boring daylily but you've peaked my interest!
Lavender Ro great haha mission accomplished
I couldn't wait for mine to bloom! First one today. So good.
Thanks Stefan!! I have so many daylilies and I started out only 5 plants 😁
I have 4... so far. I always liked day Lilly’s .
I use daylillies as a spring veggie. I eat the shoots as they emerge in early Spring. I also use the flower petals to make an amazingly delicious wine.
Hey David :) when you use the shoots, will they bloom in that year, too? Thanks!
@@veganpowergirl Honestly, im not sure. I would assume not though.
@@davidyarros9754 I will try next year :)
I wanted to say I love your videos, your vouce ia so sweet and I have discovered so many useful ideas and information from you, thank you for all you have taught me, I am looking forward to watching more videos
Missie haha awesome we’re glad you’re enjoying all the content :)
Thank you for all this great information!
Catherine Minor you’re welcome glad you liked it
For Richard b in Phoenix
X yes the day lilies will grow in Phoenix
X. Especially the common ones rather than the fancies. Give them some afternoon shade or
Filtered shade
AZGarden Lover awesome thanks for the insight!
Awesome video Stefan!!!!
Baduk P thank you for the awesome feedback! We’re glad you liked this one!
I have never tried them, but I sure will try them now!
Idaho Garden Girl awesome mission accomplished haha let us know what you think 👍
Yes, we prefer the dry flowers because of its texture in soup.
Can you explain how you use them for texture in soup and what kind of soups?
@@LloydsofRochester
We dry it after the flower is fully opened and use as one of the ingredients in the soup.
I tried this today!! Very tasty! I might have ate too many, lol. My kids loved them too!
Raw? cooked?
@@FrankEdavidson raw
Always ate buds, never flower cant wait to try, thanks
I'm going to try these. I just found out that yucca blossoms are edible and they are so good! They are like a fresher tasting potato chip.
I've gotta try those.
RoseThistleArtworks they sound awesome!
We used to have yucca and could never get enough of the blossoms. They are good. The roots are supposed to be very good too but that always seemed too extreme to dig up my plants to eat the roots since I only had a few.
I have a ton of them, mostly the double wild orange from, yep the side of the road......I inherited my mom's place an she planted those an beautiful burgundy color daylily many yrs ago, it's scent is divine and I wish I knew it's name, I'm trying to hybridize those 2 this yr, been thinking about it for far too long, so I hope it works......guess now I have to go pick some for my salad, Thanks.
Wende Kirckhoff haha let us know how that goes
great stuff. we use them too. cooked a bunch and got a little stomach upset. have heard that the old time variety is fine, but more modern cultivars might cause problems. any experience with this?
Yes there are some who react to them. A good precaution with any wild plant is to taste a little before eating.
huh, I'v been eating and cooking the orange day lilies for years, but I didn't know about the Stellas! It's on the menu for tonights dinner. Thank you!
I went outside as well, because I recognised the flower. Deer grazed off all the flowers. (they graze everything here: trees, currants leaves and all, potato plants, tomatoes, sunflowers, etc.)
Frank W they really are nice in salads 👍
Frank W You may want to try deer in the salad as well. I lost all my potatoes too.
@@stephenl9381 Hahaha, I had to read it two times before I understood.
I can't find that old variety. I love the color.
I don't have this flower - Need to get some this summer.
i used to live next to a neighbor who had these flowers covering both sides of the fence that divided our yards. they would always tell us we were welcome to eat them, but we thought you could only eat the nectar.
who knew i could have been eating flower salad every spring!
i wonder if i can grow them here in Arizona...
You’re the second person from Arizona asking that.
I live in AZ and they grow great. Zone 7...
Thank you for this information! I did a bit of searching and found out that Day Lilies grow in hardiness zones 3-9. I am in Zone 9B, Phoenix AZ, and am wondering if anyone grows them here. I recently found your channel and am in the midst of watching all of your videos. You have provided so much valuable information. Thank you, again.
Glad you’re enjoying the backlog of videos. Someone will eventually give you an answer.
Richard S. wow that’s awesome we’re both glad you’re enjoying the channel thanks so much for letting us know!
Evergreen varieties, at least, do grow in FL, which is similar in terms of very short winters and high summer heat. Obviously, a much more humid climate, but irrigation can probably compensate for the lower moisture in Arizona.
Thank you sir for another great informative fun video 🤠
A huitzotl you’re welcome 👍👍👍
I have them and they sprawl onto the path to the greenhouse. Needs a bit of space. As they say right plant, right place.
FrankEdavidson hahaha
My kids have been eating the open flowers for years. They taste like sweet lettuce and they like to force their friends who are scared to eat anything straight from the wild to taste them. I've never tried any other part so I look forward to trying the buds this year.
You will understand why the kids enjoy them. Try them stir fried for 30 seconds with some garlic and butter 😋
Thank you
David Weum thank you :) we’re glad you enjoyed it
I had no idea either, I'll plant some next year in my containers and try them or just admire their beautiful flowers!! Thank you, have a great weekend!! 😊
Valium's Urban Jungle yes multiple uses haha 👍
@@ZaneMedia 😁
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Hi Stefan. I really love the idea of Daylilies because there are so many different colours and bloom times. They could be blooming all summer if you get the right cultivars. I emailed a place just double checking that they are all edible and they told me to research as they could give you “digestive issues.” I haven’t found much on this except to mainly eat hemerocallis Fulva (the tried for years daylily) what do you think? Can I get a variety and eat them all?
keith johnson always good to research before hand 👍
Keith if you read through the comments you’ll find some people don’t digest them well. I guess like most foods there will always be a portion of people who don’t like or do well with them. That’s why I suggest you try them. If you like them then you’ve got an easy to grow food. Same idea for the different cultivars, try them and see how you like them.
The flowers are food for the soul. Might try the ones who are past bloom though!
You're great I like your commentary..
The nectar is the best part. Like if you eat it like a honeysuckle.
Odd numbers are used in home decor design too!
My husband loves his lilies, and we have them planted front, back, and side of the house, but I never knew they were edible. I wonder how he would feel if he found them on the dinner table?
Christina Stich haha only one way to find out ;)
I guess you’ll have to start with just a few petals for effect.
haven't eaten them but I do grow them with the trees. :)
B Havens half way there haha you’ll have to give them a try and let us know what you think 👍
Thank you!
Plants are often called by different names here where I am, so can you tell me the botanical name of your day lilies, please? I've been told 'naked lady' or Belladonna lilies are poisonous, or at least the seeds are. What about the seeds of your day lilies?
Genus hemerocallis. Don’t know about the seeds.
This is really neat! I been growing these for 20+yrs and been admiring the blooms along side of the roads LOL Never knew they were edible. Thanks 🐾☮️🦋🌻
Just Grow you’re very welcome you’ll have to let us know what you think of them 👍
Zack Zane Reminds me of lettuce 😄
How timely! I have 2 big tiger lily beds in bloom and was wondering about this. I went outside and picked off a petal to eat. Surprising taste. It didn't taste at all floral. It tasted like a crunchy piece of lettuce.
PC Henderson I could be wrong, but I think tiger lilies are a different plant, and not meant to be eaten
@@brianthian8449 You misunderstand. I did my research first. Tiger lilies are the exact same thing as day lilies. Everyone here calls what you're referring to as day lily a tiger lily instead. They've always been called that in my part of the world because of the orange coloring. If there is a real lily plant with the same name, it doesn't exist hereabouts and never heard of it.
@@TheWBWoman And that's why I stick to scientific names for plants!
@@tanyawales5445 Lol, good policy
Yes I have tried them! I've eaten them raw, buds and flowers. We don't have in our garden yet. I hope to plant some!
Ladygreencrochet awesome thanks for sharing 👍
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Are there only one type? I get worried about picking things I haven’t planted myself
There’s been a couple times I planned on eating something and it turned out it was the wrong one
For instance the lavender around here is a type for landscaping but not edible
Start with just a taste to see if it agrees with you. Always best to just taste at the beginning.
i have several daylilys but i don,t like the taste of it..i will try the leaves next spring..:)
martin Spijker if ever interested, we’ve linked a video in the description that may show a different way of preparing them :)
"Many species also produce tuberous roots, or fibrous roots with occasional spindle-like swellings. These roots are also edible raw or cooked and have a very pleasant nutty flavour that is like a blend of sweetcorn and salsify (oyster plant). Young tubers are the best, though the central portion of older roots can also be used. Don't expect large crops of roots though, this will be just an occasional bonus crop when you are dividing plants." pfaf.org/user/cmspage.aspx?pageid=63
Thank you for the video. Are all the day lily varieties edible ?
Almost certain. All the ones I ever ate were edible and tasty.
@@StefanSobkowiak Hemerocallis fulva are all edible. Some of the fancy varieties chosen for the beauty of their blooms aren't all that tasty. It is worth it to give them a try though. Especially in the Midwest there is an abundance of old fashioned orange daylilies that bloom along the side of roads and in wild places.
That 3, 5 is in the Fibonacci sequence 1,2,3,5,8,12... Likely subconciously shows us the vitality if that environment (survival).
I have seen the bulbs used in a stir-fry. They look as though they are a "dickens" to clean though. They separated the bulbs...as in peeling an onion into "petals". Soak in water and scrub between your hands to get the soil off, then let soak for 15 minutes. Add to your stir fry, it is supposed to be starchy as a potato.
Chinese Cooking Demystified is the channel I believe.
Kris Yallowega awesome thanks for the insight
There has to be an easier way.
If you are going to try eating the tubers start off with a small amount and make sure it is cooked. You don't want to have a bad reaction like some people have with Jerusalem artichokes because they can't digest the inulin.
9.36 You should see what wild orchids do to male bees. The genus Ophrys immitate female bees in different ways in order to lure the male bee. He thinks they are bees and tries to copulate with the flower. He ends up sticking his head on the pollinia of the flower and frustrated he flies away but then he has no memory , so he goes to anothe orchid.
I live in Greece and the hills and mountains are full of those amazing flowers!
Thank you🤩👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
What variety of day Lily are you showing (name of cultivar). Beautiful! Nice and tall!
It’s the species not a variety. The yellow one is Stella d’Oro.
Stefan Sobkowiak (golden star) Stella d’oro
I'm trying to find out, do you think this is good for soil building? As a green manure? Its spreading though my woods and I'm deciding whether to leave it or not..
If it’s green and growing well it’s improving the soil. Leave it.
@@StefanSobkowiak hey! Thanks alot! I guess if its good for us, it should be good for other plants too
Is it better to wash them first? 🤔
Justine DeVoe always recommended ;)
Lol, I just went outside and tried one. There ok, squash flowers are better.
Just like Jerusalem Artichokes and Amaranth... Stealth food we can sustain ourselves with after the zombie hoard steals our recognizable produce. LOL Would love to see a video from you on stealth foods before they start their marauding...
Bonnie Taylor haha that’s an awesome idea thanks so much for the input. We’re always on the lookout for new content ideas so cheers :)
Had never heard of stealth foods before your comment. Now we’re ready for zombies.
@@ZaneMedia I'm sure your clever dad would have fun with that one! "No actual zombies were killed in the making of this video..." LOL
In all seriousness, stealth plants promote diversity and could be your saving grace if "things go south". Even folks who aren't allowed designated gardens in picky neighborhoods can still quietly put edible plants in the landscaping. The daylillies at my local Taco Bell are truly fast food. :)
And taste your Jerusalem Artichokes before planting them. The Hardy Red Fuseau type tasted decent enough to plant but another variety was gross. You can never get rid of them in the yard... which might be good one day. I read you can leave tubers in the ground and dig up when hungry... even in winter.
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Very educational and enjoyable video, going to have to give day lilies a try 🤓
Mark Hunter perfect haha mission accomplished! Glad you enjoyed this one
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Is their anything that grows under spruce trees. I heard Mountain Lillies.
Blueberries.
@@StefanSobkowiak Of course! Great idea! Acid loving plants! I'm going to try it!
@@SillySallySarah Rhubarb liked ours
good information. where to buy the plant or seeds? thanks!
If it’s not easily found in garden centres or nurseries in your area it probably won’t grow in your climate. A common garden perennial where it grows.
I have so many daylilies! Going outside right now and tasting a few!
Sarah Herr enjoy :)
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Are day lilies the same as tiger lilies? What I have, in my yard, we took from the side of the road (ages ago). We always called them tiger lilies. Trying to figure out if my dad called them the wrong thing. All the pictures, on line, look the same.
It could be common names are often common to an area that’s why Latin names are often used to avoid such confusion. Look up ‘hemerocallis’ it’s the Latin for daylily.
Hope this helps. In the southeast we have all sorts of daylilies, but only one we call tiger lilies. The tiger lilies are orange with black dots on the petals, hence the name. They also have a different stalk and leaf pattern. Blessings!
Can’t grow those in my yard! The deer nip off the buds!
Daylilies have been on my 'get these plants' -list for a while 😋
Tiariana Manna well hopefully this video will be what puts it over the top ;)
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I have 6 daylillies in my front flowerbed but I’m having trouble with getting them to multiply
Either they are in too much shade or the bed is too dry, sometimes under an overhanging roof. Or they are not old enough.
Good timing, I'm just about to order bulbs, day-lilies will be added now. Zone 3 is cold and was surprised to see these will grow here, perfect! The good part is they are edible, can't beat that. Thank you for the heads up on day-lilies!
Tall Cedars awesome we’re glad to have helped 👍
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@@NaturallyCreativeme Had a look online and you are right, they are invasive. Will plant them away from the garden and use other bulbs to attract pollinators to the garden. Thank you hala tacuua for letting me know, all the best!
@@tallcedars2310 I'm just glad I could help. I just wish more people would think about this kind of thing. Invasive species are a harm to the environment and I am worried about videos like this.
@@NaturallyCreativemeI can see how this could happen if we are not made aware of invasive species. They are adding more and more plants to the list every year and this one really surprised me, and I'm sure them. I have a question about the day lilies though. If I plant them separate from my garden, is that still considered an invasive flower?
Sorry to ask what is likely a dumb question, but I'm not clear on the in's and out's of invasive species. The catalog doesn't say anything about that. It does state that day lilies will produce more stems and flowers every year, but nothing about being invasive, I'm confused...
Are orange day-lilies are flowering now, the deer are having a field day!
Boldly Grow Homestead they know what’s good 👍
@@ZaneMedia They are also eating my hostas and zucchini plants. I much prefer them to eat the lilies lol.
I guess as a homestead you will need to diversify your diet with some venison come fall. Just another way to harvest what your land grows.
@@StefanSobkowiak Yep. Our plants, whether we like it or not, feed the deer. In turn, come fall, the deer feed us.
Don't mind me some bugs in my flower. It's just extra protein.
Anyone have suggestions for a reputable website I could order plants (like these), flowers, shrubs, etc..?
Often nurseries specialize in plant types, for example perennials or woody plants (trees, shrubs,...)
Oakes Daylilies in TN is an excellent supplier of daylilies
And they have a catalogue & website
Baker creek seeds have a lot of lowers and some very small shrubs like goji
if you could add big picture to every video of your farm
yohjo kromwood you can go and take the new tour (link in description) if ever you want to see what the orchard actually looks like 👍
You don't need to have a green thumb to raise Daylilies. Plant them ,and jump back! They hold up well in Dry weather.
Charles Coker yup extremely easy plant to grow
Woodlily is toxic?
I have a small garden and a ton of houseplants, and I can't have daylilies, I have a cat who loves to chew and they're poisonous to cats. Also, I've grown sick of how they look. My town plants them freakin everywhere. Its upsetting and they're slowly working on changing it. I'm finding feverfew in the rain gardens now edging in on the lilies and catmint that used to be all that they'd grow. Now they've also got ornamental grasses, two or three new kinds of tree, and huge displays of dahlia, cannas, petunia, and a bunch of miscellaneous butterfly/pollinator friendly flowers. It shows we get butterflies that didn't used to show up in the center of town. It used to be that all that would show up in the center of town were cabbagewhites and maximum one or two yellow swallowtail butterflies a season. Now... NOW the swallowtails are regulars in the middle of town!!!
But I've got a small side yard garden filled with containers, the next door neighbors and the center of town they all plant daylilies why on earth should I waste that space? Instead I have perennial herbs, five to eight different kinds of basil, zinnias, borage, nasturtiums and mustards for my flowering plants. Besides the bumblebees that come to my tomatoes and scarlet runner beans, I get hoverflies, teeny wasps (three or four different kinds actually, some are so beautiful its incredible), jumping spiders and a ton of yellow orbweaver spiders. (In fact this year seems to have more yellow orb weavers than the other four that I've been doing this in.) And this year I finally coaxed a yellow swallowtail butterfly and a dragonfly to stop at my garden (YIPPIE!)
But daylilies are so over used in garden beds around here I don't bother with trying to use them/get them anymore. To me they're ugly. I'd rather master propagating and forcing other bulbs, I found tulip bulbs in empty lots and hyacinths are cheap around here so I can keep trying those. I've already gotten cannas to grow from seeds and the one risk i'm taking with my cat is forcing paperwhites (narcissus family bulbs are also poison to cats). Its just not worth it when every other block I'm seeing daylilies daylilies daylilies all over!!!!
Daylilies! Yummy! Young leaves and buds and blossoms good. Tubers ok but not as good as flowers.
butch metzger thanks for sharing!
We have a tub of orangey day lilies just like yours - but never considered that they might be edible!! Actually they hardly produce any flowers but they are a bit congested. Maybe they need to be divided and planted in the ground?
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Your daylilies need to be divided. I have a clump that didn't bloom last year for the same reason. Daylilies are not invasive. Dig up the clump and select the best looking sections to replant with some amended potting soil. Discard the rest. Your daylilies will be a LOT happier and probably will bloom for you.
Recipes in “The Delightfully Delicious Daylily” by Peter Gail if you can find the book. I grow hundreds of cultivars and hybridize. When baby seedlings bloom it’s like Christmas, a riot of sometimes unpredictable color. The H. fulva are rhizomatous and may spread too much, careful where you put them. Some species tubers may not be as safe to eat as others, so easy does it at first try.
Thanks for sharing!
I love the taste of daylilies, but more than one flower a day makes me very nauseated. Just a word of caution for those who have never eaten them - try one first before really digging in.
Anne Studley thanks so much for sharing this!!
Good point thanks.
Maybe I have an allergy, but diurnal, yellow daylilies give me the sh*ts. I haven't tried other varieties.
Try the wilted ones in small quantities at first and cooked. Cooking tends to break down toxins in plant materials which is why beans are always cooked. The old fashioned orange daylilies are the ones the Chinese use in their cooking. You can find them along roads and ditches. Gather daylilies where you know they haven't been sprayed with herbicide.
"The older, naturalized species of daylily, such as Hemerocallis fulva (including the double orange blossom variety “Kwanzo”) and Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus L., the naturalized yellow daylily, are both tried and tested edible species. Most other varieties are probably edible-just be sure to eat a small portion of these other varieties at first to ensure that they don’t cause any adverse reaction. Some people experience an upset stomach after consuming large quantities of daylilies." lazygardener.co/2017/04/19/chapter-excerpt-from-the-lazy-gardeners-guide-to-easy-edibles-daylilies/
?are tiger lilies day lilies?
No but look up the Latin name with a photo to be sure.
No. True lilies are not edible. You can take some flowers and leaves to a County Extension Office and they'll help you identify the plant. Hemerocallis which means "beauty for a day" is what you want. It is such a common plant that there will probably be daylilies growing next to the County Extension Office! :)
I do hope that you know in the USA they are an invasive species
All the more reason to eat them.
Please eat the tuber ones not the one with the round bulbs as the ones with bulbs are toxic.
True lilies are bulb plants with a rounded bulb made up of scales. Daylilies (Hemerocallis) have tubers and are not a bulb plant.
They make me gassy but at least the smell is good now.
I’ve been eating them for 50 yrs.
Day lilies have roots, not bulbs.
It may depend on the variety, because I repot my 'double' Day Lilies annually and they clearly have clusters of large tubers much like a Dahlia in appearance. These are huge plants though.
I recently bought a second variety of Day Lily: much smaller, finer leaves, smaller flower. When I try and think back, I don't recall seeing evidence of tubers in their pot, just lots of white root.
Petals give me heartburn
John Otter have you tried the leaves?
I wonder what bug u found in a flower tht u ate or was gonna eat tht u keep saying tht 😂🤣😂 it must of been real disturbing the way u keep saying tht😂
Well, I guess if you cook it...it's just a little extra protein! ;D jk
@@straightforward 😂
What is the big, hard thing every Polish man gives his wife on their wedding day... ???
But why eat the poor things? Put the flowers in your vase.
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Not all types of day lilies are safe to eat
Which specific cultivar(s) of hemerocallis are unsafe? Aside from being unsafe for cats, that is … Please, share your wisdom!
The old fashioned orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) you see at the side of roads is a good example of an edible daylily. Daylilies that are bred for their beauty alone aren't poisonous per se but they haven't been selected for their culinary qualities. Try a little in small quantities and cooked at first to see how it agrees with you. Don't eat any plant that has been sprayed with chemicals.