English plurals. English nouns are inflected for grammatical number, meaning that if they are of the countable type, they generally have different forms for singular and plural.
Growing Daylilies. We'd describe the Daylily as the backbone of the perennial garden except that would do a disservice to this most durable plant -- backbones, as every gardener knows, are fragile things, whereas Daylilies are close to indestructible.
Dahlias, Dahlia variabilis, are a popular addition to the landscape because they have a wide height range (1 to 6 feet) and a variety of flower shapes and sizes (2 to 12 inches). Color range includes orange, pink, purple, red, scarlet, yellow, and white. Some flowers are striped or tipped with a different color.