Do Day Lilies Have Seeds?

Daylilies are the work horses of the perennial garden. The tolerate heat, drought, poor soil and freezing temperatures, coming back stronger every year. They are slow to establish from seed, though, taking about two years to produce flowers. Most gardeners prefer to use nursery-grown plants.

Seed Pods

• Look for seed pods to form after the daylily is done blooming for the season. These pods produce many seeds, capable of forming new plants and are ready for harvest when they are brown and dry. Daylilies are hybrid plants, meaning that plants grown from their seed may not resemble the parent plant.

Considerations

• Most gardeners divide daylilies to produce more plants. Day lilies spread quickly through underground rhizomes; within a few years they will fill an entire flower bed. Unless you plan to grow daylilies from seed, cut the seed pods before they produce seed. Daylilies that have produced seed will have fewer flowers the following year, according to the University of Minnesota Extension.

Propagation

• To grow daylilies from seed, plant them in a soil-less potting medium 1/8 to 1/4 inch deep. Keep the soil moist and store them in a partially shaded area to prevent them from drying out, according to the University of Rhode Island Landscape Horticulture Program. Transplant them when they stand 4 to 6 inches high.