Happy - (2 Seeds pack) - Seeds

Deadhead spent flowers daily for neatness and remove scapes when flowers have completed bloom. Plants are tolerant of summer heat and humidity, but appreciate deep watering in dry spells to keep foliage attractive.

Common name: Hemerocallis Happy Returns
Color: Lemon yellow
Bloom time: June to October
Height: 1.00 to 1.50 feet
Difficulty level: easy to grow

Planting & Care
Before you plant, be sure that you choose varieties proven in your climate. When in doubt, All-America Rose Selections winners are good bets. Or check with your local nursery.If you order plants from a mail-order company, order early, in January or February (March at the latest).

Sunlight: Full sun to part shade

Soil: well-drained soil

Water: Medium

Temprature: 71 degrees

Fertilizer: Apply any organic fertilizer

Care:

• Also, select a site that gets full sun.
• For dependable blooms, plants need six to eight hours of direct sunlight a day.
• If it’s too shady, the stems will attempt to lean towards the sun or get spindly and fall over.
• Most of the popular varieties prefer acidic to neutral soil, but some are lime-tolerant or prefer alkaline soils.

Care:

• Where temperatures stay below freezing during winter, enclose the plant with a sturdy mesh cylinder, filling the enclosure with compost, mulch, dry wood chips, pine needles, or chopped leaves.
• Don’t use heavy, wet, maple leaves for mulch.
• Mulch instead with oak leaves, pine needles, compost, or straw.

Special Feature:
Easy-to-grow herbaceous perennials for gardens. Borders. Edging. Mass over large areas or grow in clumps. Dwarf cultivars are excellent in rock gardens.
Use
Medicinal use:

• Scientific research has found the cancer-fighting properties in Camptotheca acuminate thus it is called a cancer-tree.
• It contains pentacyclic quinolines camptothecin and 10-hydroxycamptothecin which inhibits DNA topoisomerase I and is very effective against cancer cells.

Note:
for medicinal use

Reference:
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/ http://www.flowersofindia.net/