 Hemerocallis fulva 'Kwanso Variegata' $12.95
- common names: daylily
- flowering season: August
- height: 3 to 3½ 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 and also sends out shoots underground that will pop up a foot or two beyond the plant
- 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 that are striped in green and cream
- 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
- Special characteristics: older plants will have double flowers in late summer
- Other points of interests: although most daylilies require little care, this variegated one needs more care by removing the occasional shoot that sprouts in spring with all-green leaves
(variegated, double-flowered daylily) This plant, Hemerocallis fulva 'Kwanso Variegata,' is named following the guidance of the book, The Daylily: A Guide for Gardeners, by John P. Peat and Ted L. Petit. Having double flowers of orange, once it reaches flowering size a plant will spread quickly by underground shoots, so it requires effort to keep it within bounds. And it has been criticized for sometimes reverting from striped leaves back to all-green leaves, in other words, not being stable. We notice this with our plants, however what is curious to this writer is that striped plants that have been in the ground here for over five years have never had the least bit of all-green leaves show, while other equally striped plants grown in pots and regularly divided do occasionally develop offshoots with totally green leaves that are discarded when they first sprout in the spring. In any case the plants we send will have striped leaves, so you will be off to a good start ! Cold hardy to -35°F. |
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