RE: Mystery Daylily (Was: fragrance)

My Hyperion came from a reputable nursery and is not even 3' tall.  Maybe
there are variations?  Or cultural conditions that change some of the
"stats" of the plant?  Mine is in a slightly sloped west bed, dryish.

Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is just a little old fashioned garden where the 
flowers come together to praise the Lord and teach all 
who look upon them to do likewise.
Celia Thaxter

I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leslie McKendry-Smith [M*@mbnet.mb.ca]
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 1:42 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Mystery Daylily (Was: fragrance)
> 
> 
> At 11:08 AM 1999/03/29 -0800, Susan Saxton wrote:
> >The fragrant yellow daylily is probably Hyperion, the old 
> variety that was
> >the "standard" in daylilies for years.  Blooms and blooms 
> and blooms.  A
> >nice bright yellow, not "screaming."
> >
> 
> That's what I thought the first time I saw a picture of 
> Hyperion.  Then I
> read the description.  All my reference books say that Hyperion in
> tall--about 40 inches--and starts blooming in July.
> 
> My mystery daylily grows to 20 to 24 inches. It starts 
> blooming about the
> second week of August and continues into September.  It's a 
> tough little
> guy--blooming through light frosts.
> 
> The flower is a lemon yellow, has a ruffled edge and a citrus 
> scent.  (I
> think  that describes Hyperion pretty well.)
> 
> I'm not a daylily expert but, in my opinion, my mystery 
> variety is rather
> slow growing.  As I mentioned before, I got it from my sister 
> who had it
> for 4 years before she would divide it and give some to me.  
> Actually, if
> it weren't for my incessent nagging I might still be waiting.  For
> comparison, I've noticed that 'Stella de Oro' grows as much 
> in one summer
> as this one does in two.
> 
> Leslie
> Southern Manitoba (zone 3)
> 
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