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Hemerocallis fulva
Orange Daylily
Hemerocallis fulva is the daylily that has escaped from more gardens than any other, and the reason is the same reason it is useful: it is close to impossible to kill. Thick fleshy roots, arching strap foliage and a long succession of orange trumpets, each open for a single day, make it a mass-planting workhorse.
It earns its place where the ground is difficult, holding banks, verges and dry slopes that are hard to irrigate and harder still to mow.
Specifications
- Height0.6 to 1.2 metres in flower
- Width0.6 to 0.9 metres, spreading by rhizome
- Native toEastern Asia, in China, Japan and Korea
- FoliageArching, strap-shaped leaves in dense clumps; deciduous to semi-evergreen depending on climate
- Growth rateFast
Conditions
- SoilTolerates almost any soil from sand to heavy clay, wet or dry
- LightFull sun to partial shade
- WaterLow to moderate; drought-tolerant once established
- ClimateThrives in warm temperate, Mediterranean and subtropical regions
Additional Features
- FlowersOrange trumpet flowers in succession through summer, each open for a single day
- UsesBank and verge stabilisation, large-scale mass planting, roadside beds and low-input borders
- SpacingPlant 4 to 6 per square metre for closed cover within two seasons
- Low MaintenanceCut back once a year; needs no staking, feeding or deadheading
- Pest ResistanceGenerally trouble-free, though slugs graze new growth in wet seasons
- Drought ToleranceFleshy roots carry the clump through extended dry periods
- Erosion ControlA dense rhizomatous root mass binds slopes and cut batters effectively
The Orange Daylily is the plant to specify when a difficult slope has to be covered, held and forgotten about.
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Prepared 09 September 2026