6 Fragrant Daylilies
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The more floriferous a plant is, the more you can enjoy its fragrance. Consider the benefits of welcoming a variety of Daylilies with fragrant flowers into your garden. The display of their exceptional flowering lasts at least a month and often much longer. Also known as Day Lilies, Hemerocallis are adorned with ephemeral flowers that last only a day and are continuously renewed. Early varieties bloom in May, while late ones may still be flowering in October. Imagine your garden, terrace, or balcony filled with the scent of Hemerocallis.
Here is a selection of the most fragrant Hemerocallis that you can plant, provided you have a bit of sunshine and a watering can, with the most compact ones suitable for pots and others for the garden.
Hemerocallis 'Chicago Sunrise'
Among the Hemerocallis, the appeal of ‘Chicago Sunrise’ lies in its warm colour, a yellow reminiscent of the dawn light on a bright summer day. This is a particularly floriferous variety, featuring simple, uniform flowers about 10 cm in diameter, with a rounded shape. It blooms in July and August, growing to a height of 60 cm with a relative spread of 80 cm.
Hemerocallis ‘Chicago Sunrise’ is suitable for various settings, ideally in cool soil, alongside bulbs and summer perennials. For instance, plant it at the edge of banks with Hostas and Ferns, or in a romantic mixed border, complementing its soft colour and rounded form. Imagine pairing it with a Lysimachia atropurpurea ‘Beaujolais’, a Crocosmia ‘Buttercup’, a Penstemon ‘Blackbird’, and a Tellima grandiflora.
Hemerocallis ‘Chicago Sunrise’, Lysimachia atropurpurea ‘Beaujolais’, Crocosmia ‘Buttercup’, Penstemon ‘Blackbird’, Tellima grandiflora
Hemerocallis citrina
The Hemerocallis citrina is part of the botanical Hemerocallis, sculptural in its size and its initially pointed flowers, which open into large corollas of 15 cm. From a clump 90 cm high with a spread of about 60 cm, large elongated lemon-yellow trumpets bloom in summer. They open star-like with recurved petals, drawing our attention with a powerful lily of the valley fragrance. Hemerocallis citrina first flowers in June and July, then again in September.
As it is large and its foliage disappears in winter, plant it at the back of a border in contrast with the blue of a Delphinium, Delphinium belladonna ‘Volkerfrieden’ and the mauve of a Malva sylvestris.
Hemerocallis citrina, Delphinium belladonna ‘Volkerfrieden’, Malva sylvestris
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Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
Another botanical species, the Daylily lilioasphodelus shares some similarities with the previous one. Of a bright and vibrant lemon yellow, its flowers are, however, smaller, measuring about 8 cm. The plant, reaching a height of 80 cm and a width of 60 cm, blooms abundantly in May and June. The flowers open in elongated trumpets with an orange blossom fragrance. The petals are fine, lanceolate, and smooth. The plant blooms again in September in moist soil.
Consider planting it alongside a sage with an intense violet colour, such as Salvia nemorosa ‘Mainacht’, and add further contrast with a red Avens Geum ‘Feuerball’, an Papaver ‘Beauty of Livermere’, and a Nepeta kubanica.
Geum ‘Feuerball’, Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, Nepeta kubanica, Papaver ‘Beauty of Livermere’, Salvia nemorosa ‘Mainacht’
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Here is a pastel-coloured variety: ‘Catherine Woodbury’ is a delicate, bluish-pink, very romantic. Generous, repeat flowering, and fragrant, it bears large flowers measuring 15 cm. Its undulating lilac-pink petals, lightly veined with soft orange, are enlivened by a yellow throat and a lime green heart. The plant measures 70 cm in all directions and blooms from June to September.
Its size makes it ideal for the middle of a border, and its colour lends itself to poetic and dreamy atmospheres. Pair it with delicate-coloured perennials in partial shade to highlight them: a Lupin ‘La Demoiselle’ with lush foliage, a large Foxglove ‘Suttons Apricot’ in apricot pink, and a Thalictrum aquilegifolium with a slight blue tint.
Lupin ‘La Demoiselle’, Foxglove ‘Suttons Apricot’, Hemerocallis ‘Catherine Woodbury’, Thalictrum aquilegifolium
The daylily 'Destined to See'
Well-named variety, destined to be seen, one cannot remain indifferent to the design of the Hemerocallis ‘Destined to See’. Its large 14 cm flower features a violet eye with a purple edge that diffuses into elongated cream-white petals. A lovely chartreuse throat adds a refined touch to this distinguished flower. The slightly fringed edges of the petals are also adorned with a violet border. The fragrant flowers bloom in July and August on a plant that reaches 75 cm in height and 50 cm in width.
Pair it with a Thalictrum actaeifolium ‘Perfume Star’, a Panicum virgatum ‘Purple Breeze’, a beautiful grass with purple spikes in autumn, a Verbascum phoeniceum ‘Violetta’, and an Aconitum septentrionale ‘Ivorine’.
Panicum virgatum ‘Purple Breeze’, Verbascum ‘Violetta’, Aconitum ‘Ivorine’, Hemerocallis ‘Destined to See’
Hemerocallis 'Corky'
The Hemerocallis ‘Corky’ bears elegant small flowers, golden yellow with brown-red sepals and stems. These flowers are trumpet-shaped, slender, tubular, and fragrant. They renew from June to August on a plant 60 cm tall with a relative spread of 40 cm. This compact cultivar is well-suited for borders and pots and is notably low-maintenance regarding growing conditions.
Plant the Hemerocallis ‘Corky’ with a Coreopsis ‘Cosmic Eye’, a Geranium phaeum ‘Angelina’, and an Achillea ‘Pretty Woman’ with red corymbs.
Coreopsis ‘Cosmic Eye’, Hemerocallis ‘Corky’, Achillea ‘Pretty Woman’, Geranium phaeum ‘Angelina’
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