 Hemerocallis exaltata $12.95
- common names: daylily
- flowering season: mid summer
- height: 4 to 5 feet
- Light requirements: full sun or a half day of sunlight
- Soil requirements: average soil is adequate although it likes a rich soil
- Water requirments: likes more than an average amount of water, although it is drought tolerant once it reaches full size
- Growth habit: grows as a slowly widening clump
- How to propagate: divide in spring or early summer; either dig out a rooted piece of the plant from the edge of a clump or divide the entire plant
- Leaf type: arching, long, linear leaves
- Ways to use it such as in a pot or otherwise: long lived in the garden without much fuss and is very adaptable to where it is grown; also grows well in a large pot
- Other points of interests: each flower lasts for 24 hours, however a full sized plant produces many flowers at a time, over many weeks
Rarely offered, this species, Hemerocallis exaltata, is very robust, so strong that a gardener would think that it is on steroids, much like a tetraploid daylily. The flower stems are thick and reach to four and five feet.The flower is a very nice apricot color, and it flowers at mid summer. USDA Zones 3 - 10. |
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