Hemerocallis 'Hyperion Elite'
- common names: daylily
- flowering season: July into August
- height: 2½ 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
- 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
- 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: sweetly fragrant flowers
- Other points of interests: each flower lasts for 24 hours, however a full sized plant produces many flowers at a time, over many weeks
Very large yellow flowers that open atop stems of two and a half feet bloom for a long time in mid summer. Older plants will have lots of flowers that will make a large show of color. The flowers are sweetly and powerfully fragrant. The stems supporting the flowers are strong and upright. Introduced in 1987 by Klehm. Cold hardy to USDA Zones 3 - 9. |
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