Soil with a high percentage of sand, or large soil particles; water travels through sandy soil very easily, so nutrients leach out quickly.

The term used to describe how the tips of some flower petals curl under.

Soil composed of many very fine particles, sticky when wet but hard when dry; water and air have a hard time moving through clay soil.

A plant that has been propagated asexually and therefore has attributes that are identical in every respect to the parent.

An underground bulb-like portion of the stem of a plant consisting of fleshy tissues. Examples: Crocosmia

Dormant means deciduous. Dormant daylilies lose their foliage completely when frost arrives in the fall. They then remain leafless or without foliage for some period of time that varies both by cultivar and growing region. Dormancy may be affected by day-length and temperature changes.

A daylily blossom with more than six segments (three petals and three sepals). Some double daylilies have additional well-formed additional sets of blossom segments layered one upon another. These are referred to as hose-in-hose. Other doubles contains clusters of petaloids at the center of the blossom, much like double peonies. Deformed stamens of [..]

A daylily blossom that contains many different colors. Polychromes are difficult to classify on a color chart. Polychromes are similar to blends but have more colors. Combinations of many colors in a daylily blossom are particularly common in pastel shades.

Related strains of a plant that occur naturally.

Soil with a pH of less than 7.0 is called acidic soil.