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Double Sprite Daylily
Hemerocallis 'Double Sprite'
Height: 26 inches
Spacing: 16 inches
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Hardiness Zone: 4b
Description:
Pale pinkish-cream double trumpets with bright yellow centers; great grassy texture and form; diploid; a luxurious color addition to the garden or border
Ornamental Features
Double Sprite Daylily features bold buttery yellow trumpet-shaped flowers with creamy white overtones, green throats and a yellow ring at the ends of the stems in early summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its grassy leaves remain green in color throughout the year.
Landscape Attributes
Double Sprite Daylily is an herbaceous evergreen perennial with a shapely form and gracefully arching foliage. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Double Sprite Daylily is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Groundcover
Planting & Growing
Double Sprite Daylily will grow to be about 20 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 16 inches apart. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under typical garden conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
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