Hemerocallis 'HOLIDAY DELIGHT'

Daylilies are flowering queens for one day. Each bloom lasts a day but there is no need to worry – every stem bears more blooms and as the plants grow older they have numerous stems each. This low-maintenance perennial is a miracle for those who have limited time to spend looking after their gardens because apart from occasional watering on hot and dry summer day it needs ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. And still it can leave us gazing at their beautiful, lily-like blooms of every possible colour you can think of (except for blue and black).

Holiday Delight is a large-flowered tetraploid daylily (with 4 sets of chromosomes: total 44 in each cell). The flowers are almost 16 cm across, open wide with not so curved petals, deep amber orange, with a dark red eye around a golden yellow throat. They appear atop 60-70 cm tall stems from mid July until mid August. Leaves are rather wide, deciduous. Bred by D.Stevens in 1978 as a cross between (Bengaleer x Allegiance) and (Paprika Velvet x Allegiance).

The leaves are deep green, strong and healthy. They appear early in the spring and persist until winter unlike spring bulbs whose leaves wither away after flowering. Apart from occasional slug attack there are no pests or diseases they would suffer from. Put your day lilies on a sunny spot and fertilize it for better flowering every spring, if you want to. It tolerates all types of soil, preferably it likes moist soil. Very hardy to min. -40°C (USDA zone 3).

Last update 05-12-2016