Middendorffii Daylily (Hemerocallis middendorffii esculenta)

Family: Hemerocallidaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (5/5)

Hemerocallis middendorffii esculenta is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.5 m (1ft 8in). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 5 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to July. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Shoots, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

delicious sweet flavour and no aftertaste. — Leaves and young shoots - cooked.; They must be consumed when very young or else they become fibrous.; Flowers and flower buds - raw or cooked.; The flowers are crisp and succulent with a delicious sweet flavour and no aftertaste.

Habitat & North American Range

Meadows in high mountains, N. and C. Japan. Forests, forest margins, grassy slopes, stony places and roadsides at elevations of 500 - 2500 metres in China. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)