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Plant of the Week
 Plant of the Week: Daylilies
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Daylilies* (Hemerocallis) are hardy, summer blooming perennials (which means they come back year after year). It may look wrong, but the preferred spelling is "daylily" as one word., even though many dictionaries spell it as two words. The word Hemerocallis is derived from two Greek words meaning "beauty" and "day," referring to the fact that each flower lasts only one day. To make up for this, there are many flower buds on each daylily flower stalk, and many stalks in each clump of plants, so, the flowering period of a clump is usually several weeks long. 
Native to Asia, daylilies are great for northern New Mexico gardens because: they can survive with very little care in a wide range of climates and they are suitable for all types of landscapes. A big advantage is that, once established, they are drought tolerant and they have relatively few pest and disease problems in most gardens.