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Asphodelaceae
Ditch Lily
Hemerocallis fulva
Motherly devotion.
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Hemerocallis
- Native to
- China, Japan, Korea
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- Herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 0.6-1.2 meters
- Sunlight
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Adaptable, well-drained
- Water
- Moderate
- Hardiness
- 3-9
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Did you know
- Ditch lily is so tough and persistent that it often survives at abandoned homesites for decades.
- Each flower lasts only a single day, but the plant produces many buds over several weeks.
- In Chinese culture it is called 'xuan cao' or 'forget worry grass' and symbolizes a mother's love.
- The buds, flowers, and tubers are all edible and used in Chinese cuisine, especially dried buds in hot-and-sour soup.
- It reproduces almost entirely by spreading rhizomes, as most ditch lilies are sterile triploids.
Color meanings
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Motherhood
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Devotion
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Forgetting worries