Despite the name, daylilies do not belong to the same species of plants as traditional lilies. Many novice gardeners often face a strange problem: the bush grows well and has dense healthy foliage, but the buds do not appear. “Why are daylilies not blooming?”, “What exactly are plants lacking?” and "Can this be corrected?" - The main questions that arise about this.
Remarkable bright representatives of the flora are very easy to plant, and caring for them does not require special skills and constant monitoring. Daylilies in the garden will be an excellent decorative element throughout the flowering season. The leaves, located on bizarre branches, have established themselves as a material for creating various floral compositions.
With proper care, up to 15 flowers can be on one plant. Each of them opens only on one sunny day, giving way to the next bud on the next day. Typically, flowering occurs in July, and lasts almost until the end of summer. Proper reproduction of daylilies allows you to increase the number of arrows with buds. Common modern varieties of foreign breeders are completely undemanding in comparison with the traditional yellow species of this plant. If planting and care are completely effortless, why do not daylilies bloom not only in the first season, but also for many years?
The place for this plant is best picked up well-lit. Even a faint shadow can interfere with the normal ripening of the buds. It is also worth neglecting excessively moist places in which water may stagnate, for example, after rain or heavy watering - daylilies can weaken and lose healthy roots. This plant prefers loose, well-composted fertile soil, and each hole must be drained.
It is worth taking care of the "neighbors" of deliciously smelling bushes - you can not plant this flower near the apple trees, as they take a lot of nutrients from the surrounding soil. In this case, the foliage will be juicy and fluffy, but the shooter with buds can not wait. Another reason why daylilies do not bloom may be the wrong planting depth. The root neck should never be deepened more than 2-3 cm. Otherwise, the plant will never give a single flower-bearing branch.
Overgrown bushes and late autumn planting can also be the reason why daylilies do not bloom. This may occur due to freezing of roots or stems, “winter” diseases or the need for long-term recovery after hypothermia. Watering is necessary rare - every 2 weeks, but always regular, at least a bucket of water under each bush. In spring, the soil around the daylily is mulched with ordinary compost, but care must be taken to ensure that the fertilizer does not get on the root neck. To prolong the natural flowering, it is worth breaking off the fading buds in order to maintain the maximum of substances and microelements useful for daylily. Some new species grow very slowly, but the huge variegated shrubs dotted with flowers are the best thanks for the labors in our garden.