How to Use daylily in a Sentence

daylily

noun
  • Take home daylilies to grow and enjoy.
    — Sarah Z. Sleeper, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Take home daylilies to grow and enjoy.
    — Sarah Z. Sleeper, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Blame the wet spring for the bad outbreak of daylily rust this year as well.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 4 May 2019
  • No plants are easier to care for than daylilies.
    — Angela England, The Spruce, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Then, fill the hole with soil, add mulch around the base of your daylily, and water deeply.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 16 June 2026
  • Also, a few of my daylilies are showing rust spots on the foliage.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 4 May 2019
  • All parts of the daylily plant are edible, so don't waste the ones that break off in the process.
    — Philly.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Some gardeners cut back daylilies in the fall, while others prune them in the spring.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In fact, fresh green daylily shoots were poking out of the soil just days after the top leaves were charred.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Plants with grass-like leaves, such as irises, lilies, liatris, and daylilies.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
  • This should give you a clue to the tenacity of the versatile daylily.
    — Jamie McIntosh, The Spruce, 5 May 2026
  • Astilbe, hosta, daylilies, and thyme will flourish in shadier areas with more moisture.
    — Angela England, The Spruce, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Here’s how deadheading daylilies can extend your blooming season and how to do it right.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
  • Getting the timing right is key because pruning daylilies at the wrong time can make plants flower less.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Some of these flowering plants include bee balms, columbine flowers, daylilies, lupines and petunias.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Divide daylilies every three to five years to prevent overcrowding.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 16 June 2026
  • Just gather old daylily leaves and stems in one hand and use garden scissors or hand pruners to trim the leaves a few inches above the soil line.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The daylilies are hardy plants that have overwintered in a club garden in Wisconsin.
    — Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Hosta, grasses and daylily can produce six or more, while hollyhock and coral bells may only yield three.
    — oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2020
  • In the guide below, plant pros share their top tips on how and when to split daylilies to ensure your plants grow and flower well for many years to come.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 16 June 2026
  • Applying compost around the base of daylilies in spring, before your plants leaf out, enhances blooming.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
  • So my father-in-law has promised me some of his daylilies, and a dear neighbor is teaching me how to propagate hydrangeas.
    — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • Only an act of God could do something as dramatic as changing a daylily into an iris.
    — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2021
  • Dividing daylilies every few years will keep them from becoming too crowded in your flower beds.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
  • Judi and Paul Aucoin's daylilies may last for mere hours, but the dazzling display is worth the wait.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
  • Splitting daylilies can involve cutting just a small section of the plant away and replanting it elsewhere.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 16 June 2026
  • Its lacy, gray-green leaves pair nicely with perennials like roses, yarrow, coneflowers, daisies, and daylilies.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Apr. 2026
  • As fate would have it, the then owner of the house was also a lover of daylilies, so the property was already filled with hundreds of them.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
  • Hostas and daylilies are great container gardening plants, but many other perennials work as well.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2017
  • High-maintenance plants like daylilies and lavender require extra care and may not suit all gardeners.
    — Jane Kim, The Spruce, 10 May 2026

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