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Re-Blooming Daylily

Scott's Nursery Ltd.

$14.99
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Infuse your landscape with a burst of wild, untamed beauty and dramatic presence! This iconic heritage perennial produces towering, elegant flower scapes that rise majestically above a massive, cascading fountain of arching, sword-like green foliage. Each stem proudly bears clusters of colossal, lily-like blossoms flaunting a fiery, radiant tawny-orange hue. Enhanced by deep crimson throat markings and contrasting golden-yellow mid-ribs, these wide-open flowers capture the sun beautifully, creating a bold, carefree spectacle that commands attention.

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Plant Details

Mature Size:

48" H x 36" W

Zone:

3-9

Watering:

Low to Medium

Type:

Herbaceous Perennial

Growth Rate:

Fast

Light:

Full Sun/Partial Shade

Plant Profile

Common Names:

Tiger Daylily, Orange Daylily, Ditch Lily, Fulvous Daylily, Railroad Daylily, and Fourth of July Lily

Scientific Name:

Hemerocallis fulva

Type:

Thriller / Structural Border Plant

Growth Details:

Mature Size: Foliage forms a dense clump 24–36 inches tall, with flowering scapes reaching majestically up to 36–48 inches.

Growth Habit & Form: Upright, arching, and aggressively clumping, spreading steadily via underground tuberous roots to form an expansive mat.

Growth Rate: Fast-growing, quickly filling wide open spaces and bare ground within a single season.

Flowering & Flower Colour: Produces massive, 3-to-5-inch wide trumpet-shaped blossoms in a fiery tawny-orange with a deeper orange-red halo.

Flowering Time: Prolific, show-stopping mid-summer display explodes from early summer through mid-summer (June to July).

Environmental Needs:

Exposure: Unfiltered full sun to bright, dappled partial shade.

Soil Preferences: Prefers adaptable, moist, organic loams but performs remarkably well in basic dirt.

Soil Tolerance: Exceptional ability to grow in poor sandy, heavy clay, infertile rocky, or compacted soils.

Watering: Minimal intervention; rely on natural weather patterns and water manually only during extreme, multi-week heatwaves.

Container Role: Acts as an impressive, architectural "Thriller" centrepiece for massive structural estate urns.

Special Features:

Indestructible Growth: World-renowned for its rugged, bulletproof nature, thriving effortlessly under total neglect and tough environmental pressures.

Resistances: Outstanding built-in resistance to browsing deer, rabbits, common insect pests, and common plant diseases.

Drought & Salt Champion: Exceptional tolerance to baking roadside heat waves, prolonged droughts, and winter road salt spray

Care Guide

Ornamental & Landscape Value

Seasonal Interest:

Bloom Information: Highly showy, massive orange trumpets open continuously for weeks, with each individual blossom lasting for exactly one day.

Fall Colour: The long, sword-like leaves transition to a clean yellow-tan colour as late autumn temperatures arrive.

Winter Interest: Deciduous; foliage dies back completely to the ground after a hard winter freeze, re-emerging early and aggressively the following spring.

Garden Value:

This plant provides massive landscaping value as an industrial-strength, indestructible choice for difficult areas where other plants fail to grow. It is heavily utilized for naturalizing expansive meadows, stabilizing steep banks and hillsides for erosion control, anchoring the back of perennial borders, and creating low-maintenance, dense screening along property lines and roadsides.

Wildlife & Human Value:

Wildlife Value: The massive trumpet-shaped blossoms serve as an important nectar source for large native pollinators, drawing in hummingbirds, swallowtail butterflies, and bumblebees.

Human Value: Delivers a total maintenance-free alternative to mowing steep, dangerous hillsides, provides instant rustic or cottage-style curb appeal to rural properties, and acts as an eco-friendly option for water-restricted landscapes.

Planting & Care Guide

Planting Considerations:

Best Time To Plant: Early spring or early autumn when the soil is cool and manageable.

Spacing: Space individual clumps 24 to 36 inches apart to allow plenty of room for their expansive, robust root development.

Location Tips: Select a site where it has room to wander and naturalize freely; avoid placing it directly adjacent to tiny, delicate alpine specimens.

Companion Plants: Pairs magnificently with other tough, sun-loving plants like Black-Eyed Susans, Purple Coneflowers, Russian Sage, and large ornamental grasses.

Care:

Light Requirements: Thrives best in full sun to partial shade, requiring at least 6 hours of daily sunlight for peak floral output and strong, upright stems.

Moisture Requirements: Adapts beautifully to standard rainfall; keeps its lushness with low to moderate moisture, showing exceptional drought tolerance once its deep root system anchors into the ground.

Maintenance & Fertilization: Strictly zero-maintenance; explicitly avoid heavy fertilizers, which cause excessive leaf growth at the expense of blossoms. Apply a light layer of organic compost in early spring, and pull away withered outer foliage or dead flower stalks in late autumn to keep the patch looking immaculate

Tolerances:

Drought, Intense Heat, Heavy Clay, Poor Sandy Soils, Road Salt, Air Pollution, Deer, and Rabbits.

Tips For Success:

Control the Spread: Because it spreads steadily via underground runners, plant it in areas bound by lawns, sidewalks, or landscaping borders to easily manage its perimeter.

Mass Rejuvenation: If a patch becomes overcrowded after several years and produces fewer blooms, simply use a sharp spade to divide the clumps in early spring or fall to instantly restore maximum vigour.

Cleaning Stems: Snap off old, faded flower stalks after the summer blooming cycle wraps up to keep the lush, cascading green foliage looking pristine through autumn.

Fruit Profile