Hemerocallis 'Fragrant Returns' Daylily

Hemerocallis 'Fragrant Returns' Daylily is a deciduous perennial that blooms from late spring to early fall. A sunny long-blooming variety, 'Fragrant Returns' sets large 3- to 4-inch soft lemon-yellow flowers with gently ruffled margins and a sweet fragrance. Each flower lasts one day, but each plant contains several long scapes with multiple buds that open in succession. So, it blooms for months, attracting butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.

A Hemerocallis hybrid, commonly called daylily, Hemerocallis 'Fragrant Returns' has an upright, mounding habit and a medium growth rate. Daylilies are clump-forming and multiply freely and rapidly. The full, grass-like deep green foliage lends texture and color to the garden, so the plant is attractive even out of bloom. Although it is an excellent specimen, suitable for a container, daylily shows to best effect when grown in masses in large areas or in groups in beds and borders.

Cold hardy, easy to grow, and low maintenance, daylilies grow best in sunny to partly shady locations with deep, fertile, medium moist, well-draining loams. But it is extremely adaptable and grows well in a wide range of soils, including poor and dry soils. It is drought tolerant and rabbit resistant.