Eat The Weeds: Episode 18: The Daylily

http://www.eattheweeds.com/daylily-just-cloning-around-2/

The daylily is an old foraging standby. This video updates the original video from a year ago and compares the daylily to the non-edible amaryllis, which is similar looking.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• edible
• daylily
• foods
• foraging
• fulva
• hemerocalis
• herbs
• medicine
• mint
• monnieri
• permaculture
• plants
• survival
• survivalist

[miketonon]

I have what look to be the original daylilies from your description, except there are 8 or so pedals on the flower. Are these the original variety? Are they edible? I know the house was built in 1928 and alot of the plants around the property are likely from around that time period.

[EatTheWeeds]

@miketonon Daylilies are ususally multiples of three, so eight petals would probably be some other plant.

[miketonon]

@EatTheWeeds, I'm almost positive they're daylilies. They might have 9 petals, I was just guessing when I said 8. If thats the case and these are daylilies, is this variety edible?

[EatTheWeeds]

@miketonon If it has nine it might be a hybrid daylily. I have no idea if it is edible. I would check with a local expert and or daylily grower.

[EatTheWeeds]

@miketonon Got a pciture? (And please appreciate the liability I face with such recommendations if I am not absolutely sure.)

[permiepat]

Your videos are really wonderful! Last spring I planted 50 old fashioned daylilies by our ditch. I am hoping they will go nuts and grow all through the grass there. I am slowly trying to naturalize our property with eatible plants, a little permaculture type gardening. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge! God bless.

[EatTheWeeds]

@JohannsGarden The problem is no one really knows. When you begin to change a plant you can the edibility.

[miketonon]

@EatTheWeeds, I understand, what ever I chose to pick and eat is my own responsibility. By the way, I made some pink lemonade today with red sumac buds, it was surprisingly good. I will try to send you a link, I don't know if I can post a link in the comments. thanks

[miketonon]

@EatTheWeeds, hmm, I've already eaten them raw and cooked for about a week and I'm still here. I just wonder about the rest of the plant. Like I said, the rest of the plant looks like you described, but the flower has more pedals. Thats the only difference.

[CanonIsaacs123]

You look like the man in the movie more 30:00 minutes in look at the guy in the coffee shop.