DESCRIPTION: Purple de Oro Daylily features bold violet trumpet-shaped flowers with yellow throats and purple veins at the ends of the stems from early to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its grassy leaves remain green in colour throughout the season.

BOTANICAL NAME: Hemerocallis x 'Purple de Oro'
OTHER NAMES: Purple d'Oro Daylily
AVERAGE HEIGHT: 50 cm
AVERAGE SPREAD: 60 cm
SUN EXPOSURE: Full Sun to partial shade
FLOWER COLOUR: Purple with lime green throat
FLOWERING TIME: Mid summer
FOLIAGE COLOUR: Green
COLD HARDINESS: Zone 2 ( Should survive up to -42.7° Celsius )
WATER NEEDS: Average - Drought tolerant
OTHER FEATURES: Border, Cut Flowers, Drought Tolerant, Rabbit Resistant

Landscape Attributes

Purple de Oro Daylily is an herbaceous perennial with a shapely form and gracefully arching foliage. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

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.

Purple de Oro Daylily is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• General Garden Use
• Groundcover

Planting & Growing

Purple de Oro Daylily will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 18 inches apart. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

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.