The Daylily by John P. Peat

The Daylily by John P. Peat and Ted L. Petit

This book came out in 2004, and the subtitle is A Guide for Gardeners.

Daylilies are tough, carefree beauties.

They can survive the tropical heat of a Florida garden and the bitter cold of a northern garden.

Daylilies are some of the easiest plants to hybridize. For nearly 100 years, gardeners have been hybridizing their most desirable features to create new, more evolved daylilies.

Peat and Petit were inspired by Bill Munson Jr.'s classic book on Hemerocallis, or the daylily.

They review the history of the daylily, share many of the hybrids, and offer excellent advice for growing, featuring chapters from some of the top daylily authorities worldwide.

And, I love what they mentioned in the preface of their book about gardeners who join daylily clubs and societies.

They  said gardeners "come for the flower but stay for the people."

You can get a copy of The Daylily by John P. Peat and Ted L. Petit and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for under $2.