Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Baroni (discovered by)
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1897
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 45 in, (114 cm)
Bloom size: 5 in, (13 cm)
Bloom time: Midseason
Midseason-Late
Late
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Nocturnal
Bud Count: 31-35
Branching: 5-way
Rust Resistance: Shows Resistance
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: Yellow trumpet shaped bloom with narrow segments

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Uses: Erosion control
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Ploidy: Diploid

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Common names
  • Daylily
  • H. citrina
  • Citron Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hemerocallis citrina
  • Synonym: Hemerocallis altissima

Daylily (Hemerocallis citrina) was a featured
Plant of the Day for November 24, 2016.
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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 7/4/23
Beautiful when open in the early evening (7:30pm), but will be a
Photo by blue23rose
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: Summer 2011
Photo by Charlemagne
Photo by blue23rose

Date: 2022-03-26

Date: 2021-06-19

Photo Courtesy of Fairyscape Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: St Louis
Date: 2010-07-31
Location: Hustisford, WI
Date: 2011-07-12
H. Citrina
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2017-07-07
Photo by Charlemagne

Date: 2021-06-19

Date: 2021-06-19

Photo Courtesy of Hillside Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Lilywood Farms. Used with Permission.
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Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 2018-07-01

Date: 2021-04-01

Date: 2021-06-18

Date: 2021-06-19
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-06-09
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-06-09
The most beautiful hemerocallis in mu opinion.

Photo Courtesy of Daredevil Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Hillside Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Gryphon Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Lilywood Farms. Used with Permission.
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Credit florum
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 2018-07-01

Photo Courtesy of QB Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2007-07-19
Credit Doronenko
Photo by Gleni
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-06-09
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-06-09
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-06-09
Comments:
  • Posted by Ispahan (Chicago - Zone 6a) on Nov 6, 2011 12:23 PM concerning plant:
    One of the absolute best and hardiest garden perennials. The nocturnal, sweetly fragrant flowers open in early evening and close around 11 am or noon the next day. The plant habit is extremely attractive and the scapes are numerous with an excellent bud count. This is a great daylily for people looking for an addition to a mixed perennial bed!
  • Posted by bron (NSW-Qld border Australia) on Aug 24, 2016 4:14 AM concerning plant:
    Is it the case that there have been not registered offspring of Hemerocallis citrina?? Given its reputed fragrance that seems strange. Is it infertile??
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