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When My Sweetheart Returns Daylily

Hemerocallis 'When My Sweetheart Returns'

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When My Sweetheart Returns Daylily (Hemerocallis 'When My Sweetheart Returns') at Gertens

When My Sweetheart Returns Daylily flowers

When My Sweetheart Returns Daylily flowers

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Height:  16 inches

Spacing:  14 inches

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  3a

Group/Class:  Happy Ever Appster Series

Brand:  Gertens

Description:

Beautiful, ruffled 4" peachy-yellow blooms with lime green throats and rosy-red eyezones; a true everblooming variety; excellent for borders, groups, or naturalizing

Ornamental Features

When My Sweetheart Returns Daylily features bold buttery yellow trumpet-shaped flowers with chartreuse throats and a rose ring at the ends of the stems from mid summer to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its grassy leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

When My Sweetheart Returns Daylily is an herbaceous perennial with a shapely form and gracefully arching foliage. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

When My Sweetheart Returns Daylily is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • General Garden Use
  • Groundcover

Planting & Growing

When My Sweetheart Returns Daylily will grow to be about 14 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 14 inches apart. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 7 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under typical garden conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

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