What a Wonderful and most Informative Hub, Sally. Daylily tubers are also edible, and can be used like fingerling potatoes. In 2009, under the APG III system, daylilies were removed from the Liliaceae family and assigned to the Xanthorrhoeaceae family, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae. We've come to know the daylily, for the most part, only as an ornamental flower in the garden, or even as a roadside weed, and thus are unaware of its food value, but another hindrance to appreciating the daylily as a food source is that there is controversy over whether the daylily is safe to eat. Thanks for sharing this important Hub. Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on June 28, 2012: LOL, trish1048, where's your sense of adventure? Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) â Many people enjoy sunflower seeds but are unaware that they can actually eat the entire plant.These happy yellow flowers are a great addition to any meal. Cool Hub! Add the flowers and/or shoots to a salad. Please consider making a contribution to wikiHow today. Thanks for reading and commenting, Debbie. I'll tell you what, you bring the dandelion wine for cocktail hour and I'll make the daylily poppers for an appetizer. Fried daylilies can be served as a side dish. They do grow in my garden. I hope you give them a try next season. The American Hemerocallis Society takes no stand on whether daylilies are toxic to cats and cows. Your support helps wikiHow to create more in-depth illustrated articles and videos and to share our trusted brand of instructional content with millions of people all over the world. Voted up, y'know.. Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on June 20, 2012: Thank you all for your good words and votes. Deborah Neyens from Iowa on July 16, 2012: Interesting hub. This will help remove any insects that may be inside the leaves or petals. I'm sure they're better for us than iceberg lettuce. Many Liliaceae species, including that toxic tiger lily just mentioned (along with the commonly named Easter and Asian lilies), have long been known to be harmful to forms of animal life including humans, and so some came to assume that daylilies shared the specific toxic properties of lilies. If y'all haven't tried daylilies for food, I hope this hub gives you the information you need to make a decision. My family had reunion dinner in a Taipei famous restaurant that serve this green daylily buds dish deliciously. A house kitty just doesn't have the experience to avoid trouble, and its nine lives run out quickly. I agree that they are beautiful and have an honored place in the garden as ornamentals, and more. TY so much for your comment. I'm delighted when I write something and readers tell me it's important and it shows them something new. % of people told us that this article helped them. What an amazing Hub! You can eat all parts of the plant: seeds, flowers, and leaves. Prior to 2009, the scientific classification of daylilies put them into the family Liliaceae. Your anecdotal experience needs more attention. Just ⦠Wait…it will get worse when we talk about purported daylily toxicity related to felines, bovines, and humans later on in this article. Picked them toward evening when the flowers were closed up. Flowers are for picking and putting into vases, not for eating, which is how most of us grew up. I ate a bunch of them about 35 years ago..Sauteed them in a little butter and they were fabulous. Please help us continue to provide you with our trusted how-to guides and videos for free by whitelisting wikiHow on your ad blocker. Love the pics and amazing info. What They Eat Voles prefer vegetation, including tubers, roots, your daylily bulbs and other favorites, grasses and herbaceous plants, including stems, foliage and flowers. You can eat these raw or cooked. Edible daylilies, Hemerocallis fulva, grow wild in most of the US. We use cookies to make wikiHow great. I fully understand and appreciate now, why your brain was being taxed as well. Daylily buds taste like a cross between asparagus and green peas. Learn more... Daylilies are originally from Asia, and are now commonly found throughout North America. Unfortunately, some part of the blossom did not agree with me. The differences are easy to see once you know them. By using our site, you agree to our. But then, I'd always known the difference between a lily and a daylily and knew better not to eat the former. The roots will continue producing new shoots. Thank you for the great info. Tiger Lily is edible as well not sure why you claim they are toxic. However, I do go grazing in the garden and eat a fresh blossom now and again just to celebrate that a beautiful flower can be appreciated by more senses than just smell and vision. Pamela-anne from Miller Lake on June 19, 2012: Awesome hub really enjoyed this info something I never knew people ate but for now I will just enjoy their beauty in the garden not in my garden salad loved the pics too! And thanks so much for sharing and the good votes. Fascinating research, m'dear. Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on June 21, 2012: drbj and robie2, I love that both of you would prefer to devour daylilies with your eyes rather than with your mouths! The information presented here is to help you decide whether to incorporate daylilies (Hemerocallis) into your diet. :). In order to make a simple batter, mix together 1 cup (236 ml) of flour, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, and 1/2 a teaspoon of salt. It is interesting that the only Hemerocallis that appears on the list is fulva, to your point about cross-bred flowers...fulva seems to be universally regarded as "safe" to eat, although the same is not said for hybrid cultivars. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) states definitively that daylilies are poisonous to cats and cows, although it cites no scientific sources and at the same time describes Hemerocallis as belonging to the Liliaceae family. Just to add to the confusion over whether we humans should eat our daylilies, MerriwetherForager, a Ph.D. research chemist and naturalist, advises that you stick to Hemerocallis fulva, the most well-known daylily species, and avoid the newer hybrids, some of which may be toxic. If you really can’t stand to see another ad again, then please consider supporting our work with a contribution to wikiHow. Experts say the safest way to eat edible flowers is to grow them yourself. If their pretty I buy them and put them in the ground. As for the Latin terms, I was graced by Juliet from Castanea (you can find her blog by following the link under the pic of daylily roots) to help me sort out the taxonomy. An engaging hub with all the reasons of this pretty flower being a strong topic of debate! The daylily from the family Hemerocallidoideae commonly called "Tiger Lily" and valued as a food source for centuries. Daylily flowers have a sweet flavour and can actually be enjoyed raw. I think I will stick to dandelion wine, thanks :). Rinse fresh flowers gently, keeping an eye out for ants hidden deep in the bloom. But for your post I might have confused them going forward with tiger lilies and accidentally killed myself. As for making dinner of the daylilies growing in your flower garden, well, how about a tiny appetizer? This is a great hub with lots of information. That's a sad testament to his life. I'm so glad you found this article interesting and enjoyed the photos. @Dardia, I did not know spiderwort was edible. But never use them fresh. If you are eating them raw then simply added to salads is a great use. Thanks for SHARING. I think it's hard to learn to eat things outside our early experiences. As with all new and exciting adventures you approach, begin with moderation. They can eat the whole top off of a lily in very short order. This “Q & A” page is a revealing look into the two opposing camps regarding daylily toxicity. The colchicine easy to resolve in water, you need steam the daylily buds and dry them before cook to eat. I think that I would rather have the beauty of them blooming in the yard rather than looking towards them as a food source. A friend of mine has planted them for erosion control...once these beauties establish themselves, it takes a tsunami to dislodge them. I'm calling 911!”. I've also had cats living in day-lilies. What a vast store of knowledge you have on the subject ST-- amazing. There are awesome recipes on the web for daylily flowers, greens, and tubers. Eat flowers you have grown yourself, or know to be safe for consumption. Thanks! It was stir fried. @Pamela-anne, I know what you mean about enjoying them in the garden but not necessarily in the garden salad. Edible Lily Bulbs: Which ones can you eat and how? This article seeks only to inform about the daylily, its reported culinary uses, and its suspected ill-effects on cats, bovines, and possibly, humans. However, by bulbil it takes three years for them to mature. I love tiger lilies and day lilies and never thought they could be edible. Sometimes those fresh blossoms have a bit of insect life in them, but I don't mind. Roses and lotuses are not common foods here, and so you bring that good experience from your country to this discussion. Now we get to the pseudo-controversy. I still have a couple of scapes that will have a blossom or two soon. To enjoy their full goodness, you should eat the flowers the same day they are picked. So glad you found this interesting! I now look forward to Following your Hubs. :) Take a look here: http://lilylanefarm.com/daylilies2.html. The gorgeous runner bean flowers donât only add flair to the garden, theyâre a nice garnish in salads. Until that affirming day, use your judgment, informed by the information referenced in this article and by the advice of real-life daylily-eaters you know, before you introduce this nutritious and beautiful plant into your diet. When you harvest daylily tubers, leave a few tubers attached to the roots. What good information! Tubers are small, bulbous, potato-looking structures. Now I learnt the difference between daylilies and lilies thanks to you. You can also boil, stir-fry or cream them, serving them as a side dish in place of potatoes. Daylily flowers only bloom for 1 day, so you will need to eat them shortly after picking them. Well-done! Think I'll continue to just admire rather than ingest them. Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on December 05, 2012: Millionaire Tips, I must say I'm not crazy about the taste of daylilies unless they are batter-fried, where all the taste is in the breading. The fresh ones content a chemical “colchicine”, itself is not poisonous, but once it go into animal’s body it becomes toxic. I have eaten thousands; I’m still here. You can add raw daylily flowers to your favourite salad recipe to add some colour and summer freshness. I grow both of them in my flowers garden in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. by The Lily Pad October 29, 2018 It seems unlikely that such a beautiful plant would be used for any other purpose than to accent our gardens. Ok, so now wasn't a good time to read this. Audrey Howitt from California on October 03, 2012: I did not even know that there was a conflict about this--I found your article so informative and so beautifully laid out--. I have heard that many ate different flowers for their unique tastes and flavors. You definitely did your research. I have many in my garden where they look absolutely awesome. You may want to check out this list and its accompanying text from the Colorado State Extension Service. The first is generally agreed to be safe to eat, while the second is well-documented as being toxic to animal forms including human. For more information on identifying daylilies, take a look at this excellent photo guide on how to identify daylilies. :). Actually, one of the great things about daylily tubers is that you can eat them anytime you can dig them (so, not during the January freeze, say). The two have structural differences in foliage, flower orientation, and root systems. You can buy them in Chinatown, sometimes labeled helpfully as âdried lily buds.â And while I have nothing against the flavor of fancy Hemerocallis hybrids, these are usually planted by parks employees or homeowners, so I steer clear. Very informative! There is much controversy on the subject. Let me watch you eat the plant. I might have to try to taste one next summer. I've eaten them on the plant. That leaves a gardener with a choice. Daylily is edible. Every day at wikiHow, we work hard to give you access to instructions and information that will help you live a better life, whether it's keeping you safer, healthier, or improving your well-being. One of my favourite wild edibles! Eat the flowers raw. Dahlia â Most people donât realize that dahlias are closely related sunflowers and Jerusalem artichokes, or that you also can eat dahlia bulbs (corms). Lovely photos, excellent information (for those who understand this), however, that's not me. fulva! Back in the '60's when I was in my "back to Nature" phase, I read Euell Gibbon's books on foraging for wild food and decided to try fried tiger lily blossoms. Thank you for sharing. i may be able to find them in the eatable plant section of my grocers. Rinse daylilies with water before cooking. Kristen Howe from Northeast Ohio on April 03, 2015: Real interesting hub. You can eat the flowers, flower buds, young stalks and tubers. The fresh ones content a chemical âcolchicineâ, itself is not poisonous, but once it go into animalâs body it becomes toxic. :) Until I started researching daylily recipes, I didn't realize there was a conflict, either. Thanks for an interesting article! Voted Up... Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on July 16, 2012: Interesting, Deb...the cooking class called them tiger lilies? The answer is yes you can eat daylilies they can be eaten and used to garnish with different kinds of dishes. Sherri has expertise in landscape design. Edible flowers are a fun and easy way to add color and flavor to all sorts of dishes â especially when you can pick them right from your own garden. Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on September 01, 2012: Daylilies aren't for everyone, that's for sure! I'm so sorry to hear about Boo. Things to look for: daylily blooms face up, true lilies (like the similarly colored tiger lily) face downward, although there are a few true-lily exceptions that face up, like the Pine Lily (Lillium catesbaei), native to Florida and southeast coast. I once took a Chinese cooking class and one of the recipes called for tiger lilies, but that's the extent of my lily eating. Daylilies can give some people an upset stomach. I love & enjoy this real interesting hub, which provides important information how to identify edible daylily and other non edible lilies plants. Any newly introduced food may trigger an allergic reaction, or, any food eaten in excess may have an adverse effect on a specific individual; however, neither an allergic reaction nor an intolerance to a certain food indicates that the food is classified as poisonous. I believe that i am now going to be on the look-out for them. My Daughter in-law and son (behind camera) are also trying the Stella D'oro Daylilies. I like to eat the young leaves in salads, and I sometimes cook the older leaves as a vegetable or potherb. :). Dandelions are as adventurous as I get :) Unless, of course, you want to count the times I've eaten mud, bugs, grass (and no, not the funny kind) and swallowed gallons of nasty ocean water. (Photo: Signe Langford) Freshly opened, the flowers are comparable in taste to sweet iceberg lettuce. These can be replanted and will continue to grow. Just the leaves. Ishwaryaa Dhandapani from Chennai, India on August 21, 2012: An informative hub! Why? I know “tiger lily” as a name applied to two different plants, one a daylily (the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae) and one a lily (the family Liliaceae). They will continue to bloom all season long. https://chestnutherbs.com/delectable-daylily/, http://tacticalintelligence.net/blog/wild-edibles-the-daylily.htm, http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/how-to-sustainably-harvest-daylilies-zbcz1307, http://honest-food.net/dining-on-daylilies/, http://www.pbs.org/food/kitchen-vignettes/daylily-fritters-edible-flowers/, http://cookforgood.com/blog/2012/6/18/eating-daylilies.html, consider supporting our work with a contribution to wikiHow. Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on October 04, 2012: Come on over, Micky. With all that out of the way, here's 10 ways to eat daylilies: Use the flower as an edible garnish for soups, cakes, and salads. @AudreyHowitt, thank you so much for your lovely comment. It pleases me to know that others are open to the idea of learning not only the subtle differences between flowers but also are open to the idea of exploring new food sources. Resources are conflicting and difficult to navigate because of the misunderstanding of the Hemerocallis taxonomy and also because of the huge number of Hemerocallis hybrids which have been developed in recent years. If so, you may have slugs. It is a tuber type plant that very much looks like Lilium. We know ads can be annoying, but they’re what allow us to make all of wikiHow available for free. on August 31, 2012: Great hub! I found this very informative and interesting. Deer would pull up the newly planted seedlings and eat the roots first. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07237.htm... Table 2 lists edible flowers by their Latin names, although it offers no pictures. Thank you. :) Great hub! Please consider making a contribution to wikiHow today. wikiHow is where trusted research and expert knowledge come together. Those must be the reasons I don't feel daring, brave or adventurous :). Tiger lily is toxic and not edible, however, daylily is edible. Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on June 23, 2012: Thanks, Nell Rose, for your kind words. I look forward some day soon to writing an article about eating daylilies where I can affirm that not only are they good for you, they are completely safe to eat. In Taiwan, China, & most Eastern Asia, it is very common food that has been eaten for hundred years. I may never have to go to the supermarket again. However, this controversy over newer daylily hybrids is absolutely new to me. Thank you for sharing your experiences and for the vote and share. Wish I could see them there. wikiHow's. The more lengthy comments are worth reading, especially the comments from dynochic( Jan) which illuminate the confusion caused by continuing to include daylilies in the Liliaceae family and offer interesting although unconfirmed evidence that daylilies are not poisonous to cats. Was looking for info as i had recently learned they were edible and i have a bunch growing so i tryed them and found them delicious! Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on June 22, 2012: Stephanie Henkel, thanks for sharing this great story. They have a light taste or no taste. I just pinch the blooms and enjoy the light texture and crunch. Dolores Monet from East Coast, United States on November 11, 2013: Hi Sherri - haven't read one of your hubs in some time. Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on July 17, 2012: moonlake, you are not alone! You can tell the difference between a daylily and a lily such as the tiger, Easter, and Asian lilies mentioned earlier (lilies in the genus Lilium and the lilies most commonly confused with daylilies) by looking at them as they present above the ground and below. In the late Fall and Winter (as well as all year round) you can eat the tubers (root nodules), in the Spring the young shoots are edible and delicious as a stir fry, and in ⦠Truth be told, daylilies can be interesting to eat, and there are lots of good recipes on the web, but I like to just go munch the flowers raw right off the scape. Not everyone wants to eat daylilies. The plant is in the Asphodelaceae family. I've eaten many day-lilies and will continue. I won't be eating any of them. Here's the DAYLILY, Hemerocallis fulva var. I love a bit of controversy! Unfortunately, many sources on the web and elsewhere have not taken this change of scientific classification into account. Eat just one flower the first time to see how you react. Daylilies are chosen as ornamental You might want to pick a bloom and then rinse well under cool water to get rid of the bugs. I now have several kinds of daylilies growing in my flower garden...hmmm...dinner? Take the common term “tiger lily” for example. . The fresh flowers can be stuffed with cream cheese and herbs to make a fancy appetizer. This article has been viewed 9,942 times. I've been eating Chinese hot soup for years and daylillies are one ingredient. Letâs take a closer drbj and sherry from south Florida on June 20, 2012: Gee, Sally, I never knew you could eat them in the first place. Let me watch you cook the plant. One of my favorites is the chive flower (wrote a hub about that), spicy and dicey like the nasturtium, a perfect addition to a fresh green salad. take care pam. About Euell Gibbons, there was a rumor, I don't know if it was ever confirmed, that he died eating foraged foods. My yard is full of both daylilys and tigar lilies. References. The lily from the family Liliaceae, commonly called "Tiger Lily". By signing up you are agreeing to receive emails according to our privacy policy. Voted up for awesome. They actually tasted pretty good, though something had a little peppery flavor. You can store the buds in the refrigerator for later use. Voted up. Voting up and clicking the facebook like button. are edible.” Technically (taxonomically) in the most narrow sense, these two USDA pages are not at odds with each other; however, they continue to confuse the understanding that a daylily is different from a lily, because neither the USDA taxonomy nor the reference to “Hemerocallis sp.” in the 2004 study reflects the 2009 change in classification, while the latter says that all parts of the daylily are edible. Dip the buds into the batter and then fry in oil for approximately one minute, or until the buds are crisp. Those of us in the West who know how to enjoy daylilies as food have learned to do so through family and community traditions, but most of us will never see a daylily stir-fry or a daylily breakfast hash on any restaurant menu or in any mainstream cookbook. I'm sure the instructor knew the difference between the true lily and the daylily, but this is a great example of how the term "tiger lily" perpetuates confusion. Although people around the world have been eating daylilies for hundreds (perhaps thousands) of years, this nutritious food has never made it into the mainstay of Western cooking. You have eaten flowers if you have ever eaten cauliflower, broccoli or artichokes. :) If you ever decide to introduce daylilies to your salad, I hope this hub gives you the information you need to make the right choice for you. Kaili Bisson from Canada on June 19, 2012: Fascinating Hub with great research. You could also try adding a protein source, such as chicken, beef, or shrimp. :). Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on June 27, 2012: LOL, billybuc, about the nasturtiums. They do not. LOL. At the same time, they produce an enormous amount of edible material. They add beauty and a touch of delicacy mixed in among the greens. Thanks for reading and commenting... daylilies grow in your climate, you know. I do not advise you to eat daylilies or to expose your animals to them without your doing the work of assessing your own risk. Looks fancy on a dessert plate. My grandson and I love to explore the garden together. Although they are said to be somewhat bland, they have a range of flavors, from spicy apple to celery or carrot, and a ⦠Sherri (author) from Southeastern Pennsylvania on July 18, 2012: Micky Dee, this is the kind of testimonial I want to see. Botanist Dr. Peter A. Gail, an expert in daylily and other edible foraged foods, advises that humans approach the consumption of daylilies with caution. Deborah Brooks Langford from Brownsville,TX on June 22, 2012: I had no idea you can eat day lilies very interesting... b. Malin, thanks so much for your awesome comment. Darlene Yager from Michigan on October 03, 2012: Daylilies have a slightly sweet aromatic flavor. You can use those to propagate the lily or the tubers. Useful & Interesting. :). There is doubt about eating these very nutritious (although not always tasty) plants. Cutting back daylily shoots will not prevent the plant from growing. Amid the current public health and economic crises, when the world is shifting dramatically and we are all learning and adapting to changes in daily life, people need wikiHow more than ever. When cooking with daylily flowers, it is always advisable to factor in their delicate nature to avoid losing their nutritive value and flavor. Look up from an actually reputable source, don't take my word for it, or this page's Tiger lilies are not poisonous. True lilies are not edible. Voted up and interesting. My Son's cat died recently, and it was believed it had gotten out of the house, and ate something from the garden. :). Flavor: Scarlet runner bean flowers have a dainty bean flavor. A post on The House on Red Hill blog brings this issue into focus from the point of view of a cat owner and long-time daylily gardener who learns for the first time, from a poster in the vet’s office, that daylilies are lethal to cats. I too have some Large Potted Daylilies...which are Beautiful, but I can't picture myself eating any. Plants are He confirmed that âall parts of daylilies are edibleâ and that daylily flowers are sold for eating throughout east Asia. I've always wanted to try eating daylilies but now you have me thinking. Stella de Oro daylilies at the peak of their spring bloom. Loveofnight Anderson from Baltimore, Maryland on November 11, 2013: wow.....thanks for all of the information, i found this article very interesting. Beautiful on top of a colourful salad! This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional. 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