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Daylily

Daylilies are so easy to grow you'll often find them growing in ditches and fields, escapees from gardens. And yet they look so delicate, producing glorious blooms trumpet-shaped blooms in a myriad of colors. In fact, there are some 50,000 named hybrid cultivars come in a range of flower sizes (the minis are very popular), forms, and plant heights. Some are fragrant.

The flowers are borne on leafless stems. Although each lasts but a single day, superior cultivars carry numerous buds on each scape so bloom time is long, especially if you deadhead daily. The strappy foliage may be evergreen or deciduous.

Shown above: Little Grapette daylily

Light:
Sun, Part Sun
Zones:
3-10
Plant Type:
Perennial
Plant Height:
6-48 inches tall, depending on variety
Plant Width:
12-36 inches wide, depending on variety
Landscape Uses:
Containers, Beds & Borders, Privacy, Slopes, Groundcover
Special Features:
Flowers, Fragrant, Drought Tolerant, Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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(Hemerocallis 'Apple Tart') is a repeat bloomer that opens in the late afternoon with single bright red flowers accented with a yellow stripe. It grows to 3-feet tall and is hardy in Zones 3-9.
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(Hemerocallis 'Bright Sunset') offers fragrant copper-orange flowers brushed with golden-yellow. Zones 3-9
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(Hemerocallis 'Catherine Woodbury') is a classic with fragrant large flowers of clear pale pink. It grows 3 feet tall. Zones 3-9
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(Hemerocallis 'Hyperion') has very fragrant, large lemon yellow single flowers that open toward evening. It grows 4 feet tall. Zones 3-9
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(Hemerocallis 'Little Grapette') has single miniature flowers the color of grape juice with a greenish yellow eye open in the late afternoon. It grows to 18 inches tall and is hardy in Zones 4-10.
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(Hemeocallis 'Mary Todd') is an old cultivar that blooms early with large bright yellow flowers. It grows to 3 feet tall and is hardy in Zones 4-10.
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(Hemerocallis 'Stella d'Oro') is an extremely popular variety. It reblooms freely from mid-season on with brilliant gold single flowers that are slightly fragrant. This tough plant grows only a foot or so tall and is hardy in Zones 3-9.
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Plant It With


Ligularia

The upright spikes of bright yellow flowers of The Rocket ligularia add vertical accent to the more horizontal clumps of daylilies and blend particularly well with red, orange, and yellow cultivars.

Helenium

The yellow or coppery daisy flowers of helenium contrast well with trumpet-shaped daylilies in a similar range of colors. Full sun positions please both.

Yarrow

Yarrow has flattened flowerheads in a wide range of colors from pastels to strong golds and yellow. The shape contrasts well with daylily flowers, and you can create interesting color combinations.

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