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Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns'

Common Name: Daylily

  • An extremely popular and widely used reblooming daylily
  • 3", fragrant, canary yellow complete self
  • Tepal edges are slightly crimped
  • Of 'Stella de Oro' parentage, though flowers are slightly larger and a clear lemon yellow instead of gold
  • Blooms profusely in early summer and reblooms sporadically until frost
  • Deep green healthy foliage
  • Very heat tolerant, but may pause blooming in the hottest parts of summer

Daylilies can survive many harsh conditions that other plants cannot including: polluted city environments, slopes, poor and dry soils, near pavement that is salted in winter, and under Black Walnut trees (not affected by juglone).

Characteristics (Compared to Other Daylilies)
  • Early Bloomer, blooming in June.
  • Rebloomer, producing a second set of flowers.
  • Extended Bloom with flowers staying open at least 16 hours.
  • Fragrant flowers.
  • Dormant foliage.
  • Diploid with 22 chromosomes. Most plants are Diploids.