Daylily Greens Garlic Butter Sauté Recipe
Written and Photographed by Juliet Blankespoor
Water droplets on daylily greens.
Cutting off the fibrous tips of daylily.
How to cut daylily greens
You can cut your patch two or three times without slowing it down. The daylily greens begin to develop more fibrous or chewy leaves after several weeks. Once the older tips become fibrous you can cut them off, retaining the succulent lower new growth. Pictured below, you can see how we cut the greens at ground level.
Cutting daylily at the ground level.
The tender bases of daylily greens in a basket.
Daylily Greens Garlic Butter Sauté Recipe
Equipment
- Skillet
Ingredients
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 basket of fresh daylily greens
- Salt to taste
Directions
- Mince the garlic.
- Melt butter in skillet.
- Add garlic and heat for a few minutes.
- Add the washed greens and sauté until tender.
- Salt to taste.
Notes
Daylily Greens Garlic Butter Sauté Recipe.
Meet The Green Mastermind Behind Blog Castanea:
Juliet Blankespoor is a card-carrying plant geek who channels her plant obsessions through writing, photography, and herb gardening, along with a houseplant predilection that is slowly but surely overtaking her home. After earning a degree in botany almost three decades ago, she set off as a professional matchmaker of humans and plants. Juliet’s been sharing her passion for plants for over thirty years and founded the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine in 2007. She is the school’s primary instructor and Creative Director. After many years of teaching intensive, all-outdoor herbal programs, Juliet’s finally accepted that she’s a raging introvert and her teachings are best suited to the virtual sphere, including her articles and online courses. Her first book, The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies (2022), can be found wherever books are sold. Read more about Juliet’s torrid affair with plants.
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Yia Yia says:
I tried this last night! It was a very mild but tasty dish. I was very excited to hear about this being a wild green option. Especially with how expensive food has become.
I would love to know any nutritional information on these.
Thanks for all the information that you send!
Melissa Quercia says:
I’m glad to hear you enjoyed this recipe! Here are some studies that offer nutritional information about daylilies: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11316465/, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9104616/, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590157524001263.
mohamad says:
hyyy
iam very glade when i saw your website becaause i like to know more and more about all midicinal plant and i like to plant them in my garden
thank you hope to see you
Mom says:
mmmmmmmmmmm…..