Getting it to bloom

Why won't my Daylily 'Double River Wye' bloom? (and how to make it flower)

Also called Double River Wye daylily, double cream daylily, double white daylily (Hemerocallis 'Double River Wye').

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About Daylily 'Double River Wye'

Hemerocallis 'Double River Wye' · also called Double River Wye daylily, double cream daylily · flowering

Hemerocallis 'Double River Wye' is a distinctive double-flowered daylily bearing large, cream-white blooms with extra petaloid segments that create a full, rose-like appearance in mid-summer. It is a classic British-raised cultivar with a gentle fragrance. Toxic to cats — the entire plant including pollen can cause acute, life-threatening kidney failure.

Plant type: flowering

Watch for — Botrytis on double blooms: The complex double flower head traps moisture, promoting grey mould in wet weather. Deadhead promptly, improve spacing, and avoid wetting flowers when irrigating.

The reasons daylily 'double river wye' isn't blooming

Almost every non-blooming daylily 'double river wye' traces back to one of these, roughly in order of how common they are:

Too little sun — most of these need full sun (or very bright light) to flower well; shade gives leaves, not blooms.
Too much nitrogen feed, driving lush foliage at the expense of flowers (very common with general or lawn feeds).
The plant has not been deadheaded, so it stops flowering once it sets seed.
Irregular watering — drought or waterlogging at the budding stage makes buds abort.
It is still too young or was checked by a transplant and is rebuilding before flowering.

Feeding daylily 'double river wye' a high-nitrogen general feed and growing it in too little sun — you get a big leafy plant and almost no flowers.

The fix — how to get daylily 'double river wye' to flower

Maximise sun. Give daylily 'double river wye' the sunniest spot you have — for most bedding and fruiting plants, more direct light directly means more flowers.
Switch the feed. Move off high-nitrogen feeds and use a higher-potassium "bloom" or tomato-type feed as it comes into flower.
Deadhead regularly. Remove spent flowers often to keep it producing more rather than stopping to set seed.
Water consistently. Keep moisture even through budding and flowering — drought-then-flood swings make buds drop.

Light and feeding do most of the heavy lifting here. Dial in the spot with the light guide for daylily 'double river wye' and get the feeding right with the daylily 'double river wye' fertilising schedule — the wrong feed (too much nitrogen) is one of the most common silent reasons a healthy plant makes leaves instead of flowers.

Bloom season and what to expect

Daylily 'Double River Wye' flowers across its growing season (mostly summer) and, kept fed and deadheaded, can bloom for many weeks or right up to frost.

Post-bloom care so it flowers again

Deadhead, keep feeding lightly, and many will rebloom; collect seed from the best plants at the end of the season if you want to grow them again.

For everything else this plant needs day to day, see the full daylily 'double river wye' care brief and its watering schedule — a stressed, badly watered plant rarely has the energy to flower at all.

Daylily 'Double River Wye' blooming — frequently asked questions

Why won't my daylily 'double river wye' flower?

Daylily 'Double River Wye' blooms on the season's growth given enough sun, warmth and the right feed — there is no cold or photoperiod trick, just good growing conditions and a bloom-leaning feed. The most common reason it is not happening: Too little sun — most of these need full sun (or very bright light) to flower well; shade gives leaves, not blooms.

How do I make daylily 'double river wye' bloom?

Give daylily 'double river wye' the sunniest spot you have — for most bedding and fruiting plants, more direct light directly means more flowers. Move off high-nitrogen feeds and use a higher-potassium "bloom" or tomato-type feed as it comes into flower.

When does daylily 'double river wye' normally bloom?