Dans Designer Daylilies

Specialty Daylily Perennial Nursery. Top products: Daylily cultivars, Daylily seedlings, Hybridized perennials. Dan's Designer Daylilies, based in Richmond, Virginia, is a specialized horticultural nursery focused on the cultivation and selective breeding of high-performance daylilies. Founded in 2003, the business maintains a collection of over 225 named cultivars and has operated an active hybridization program since 2007. Unlike traditional display gardens, the nursery prioritizes the development of superior plant traits including high bud counts, vigorous growth, improved branching, and distinct color intensity. The operation emphasizes breeding for specific aesthetic outcomes such as blue-eyed purple blooms with white edges, while ensuring the plants are hardy enough for home garden environments. The nursery manages challenging local soil conditions through intensive soil-building practices, focusing on moisture retention and nutrient density. They serve home gardeners and plant enthusiasts through an online catalog and various horticultural auction platforms, providing detailed insight into their propagation and cultivation methodologies.