Hemerocallis Midsummer Nightingale (Daylily)

(Prairie Pillars™ Collection) Yellow flowers with an orange/brown centre bloom on tall stems with bright green foliage. Rapid growth rate.

Use as cut or dried flowers. Be sure to keep some flowers in the garden over winter, as the blackened seedheads provide cold-season garden interest, as well as food for finches and other winter birds.

Blooms early to late summer
1.5-2.5 ft tall x 2-2.5 ft spread
HARDY to -30°F (-34.4°C)
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant
Drought tolerant

Rounded clumps of densely branched tiny white blooms form a charmingly delicate compact mound. Moderate growth rate.

Blooms late spring to fall
2.5 ft tall x 1.5-2 ft wide
HARDY to -40°F (-40°C)
Attracts bees and butterflies
Deer and rabbit resistant
Drought tolerant
Moderate salt tolerance

This evergreen, clump-forming, fragrant perennial features grey-green foliage and flower spikes of navy blue that lighten as they mature. Moderate growth rate.

Blooms early summer
1 ft tall x 1 ft spread
HARDY to -20°F (-28.9°C)
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant
Drought tolerant
Fragrant

This herbaceous perennial features large flower heads consisting of layers of thin and wide bright white rays and a large golden yellow centre on tall thin stems and foliage of dark green coarsely toothed leaves. Fast growth rate.

Blooms early summer
1 ft tall x 1.5-2 ft spread
HARDY to -30°F (-34.4°C)
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant
Drought tolerant

(Early Start™ Series) This perennial features bright white flowers with faint light purple eyes, along with foliage of broad, elliptical medium green leaves that grow in a stoloniferous habit. Blooms earlier than other Phlox. Moderate growth rate.

Blooms early-to-mid summer
2-2.5 ft tall x 2-2.5 ft spread
HARDY to -30°F (-34.4°C)
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Rebloomer
Fragrant

Other plants in the Early Start™ Series

Bright yellow ray flowers with black centres bloom on bright green, hairy foliage in a compact habit. Moderate growth rate.

Blooms early to late summer
1.5-2 ft tall x 1.5-2 ft spread
HARDY to -30°F (-34.4°C)
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant
Drought tolerant