We think this week’s perennial would definitely make a bright and cheery impression in any landscape or garden, with its lemon yellow trumpet-shaped flowers nestled in the tips of its slender grass-like green foliage.
Sounds pretty, doesn’t it? The ‘Happy Returns’ daylily is all that! It’s a compact plant growing to 15” – 18” in both height and width, making it perfect for using it as a low border in front other taller plants, or creating a field of yellow with a mass planting of them.
Photo source: Greengate Farms
Its botanical name is Hemerocallis ‘Happy Returns’. That sounds like the perfect name for a perennial that just keeps producing lovely yellow flowers over and over, again.
A plant can have many common names, but it will only have one botanical name!
Photo source: Monrovia
Daylilies have a fibrous root system, unlike a true lily which comes from a bulb. The daylily flowers only live one day, but no need to worry because there are typically so many buds that its flowering seems to be seamless.
According to the Missouri Botanical Garden website – ‘Happy Returns’ has no serious insect or disease problems. That’s a plus! And, it does well in sun or partial shade producing repeat blooms from late spring through fall.
Photo source: Vermont Flower Farms
Here’s some specifics on the ‘Happy Returns’ perennial daylily, also from Missouri Botanical Garden –
Common Name: daylily
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Zone: 3 to 9
Height: 1 to 1.5 feet
Spread: 1 to 1.5 feet
Bloom Time: June to October
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Description: Lemon yellow
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Flowers: Showy Flowers, Fragrant Flowers
Wildlife: Attracts Butterflies
Tolerates: Air Pollution, Rabbits
Do you have daylilies in your landscape, or gardens?
