thunbergii

Hemerocallis thunbergii, yellow with greenish throat,31-45",2-3"flower,July-August. Out ward and funnel-shaped, 3"long in the tube. Although a species daylily there are many attributes worth having one in the garden. Especially if you are a daylily "walnut". This one if VERY fragrant(key factor in a designers choice), NOCTURNAL blooming(opens in the evening)(another factor, sometimes being the KEY factor, as in the Highline Planting in New York), and EXTENED bloom(stays open for 16hrs). Others are its great growth rate, stubbornness to perform in any soil condition. Sun, z4. (Synomonous to H.serotina, H.sulpurea, H.vespertina, H.citrina var.vespertina)