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Heavenly United We Stand Daylily: Giant Red Blooms Up High
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Heavenly United We Stand daylily is built on a grand scale. Its branched stems rise 4 to 4½ feet tall and carry enormous flowers, about 9 inches across, with broad, slightly ruffled petals in a sunfast blood red around a vivid green throat. It is an unusual-form daylily, with a looser, more spidery shape than the classic round bloom, and it won the Stout Silver Medal, the top daylily society honor, in 2017.
Heavenly United We Stand at a glance
| Trait | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Botanical name | Hemerocallis 'Heavenly United We Stand' |
| Flowers | Sunfast blood red with a green throat, about 9 inches |
| Stems | 48 to 54 inches tall |
| Foliage | Medium green, arching, about 32 inches tall |
| Width | 18 to 24 inches |
| Bloom | Starts early July, peaks mid-July, lasting several weeks |
| Hardiness | USDA zones 3 to 9 |
| Introduced | 2009 |
A backdrop for the lavender row
Lavender is a front-and-middle plant, rarely taller than a few feet. Behind it, you want something with height, and few perennials stand taller than this daylily. A row of Heavenly United We Stand behind a lavender hedge makes a dramatic two-layer planting: silver mounds and purple spikes in front, huge red flowers floating above in back. It blooms in early to mid July, right as English lavender peaks, and because its stems keep forming new buds at the tips, the show stretches over several weeks. Both plants share a love of full sun and well-drained soil. Plan the layers in the Companion Plant Planner.
Planting and care
- Location: the back of the border, where its height can shine without shading shorter plants.
- Sun: at least six hours for the best bloom. The color is sunfast and holds up through hot days.
- Soil: average and well drained. Established plants handle heat, clay and dry spells.
- Grooming: each flower lasts a day. Snap off spent ones and cut finished stems to the base.
- Dividing: split crowded clumps every few years.
Winter and health
It is a dormant type that dies back completely in fall and is fully hardy in Michigan. Clean up the foliage after a hard frost and avoid soggy winter soil to prevent crown rot. Watch for leaf streak or leaf spot in wet summers, and expect a few spotted blooms after rain. Daylilies are toxic to cats in all their parts, and deer like them, so plan accordingly.
Bare root
Heavenly United We Stand is offered as a bare root plant. Set the crown about an inch below the soil surface and water it in well. See the product page for current availability.
Frequently asked questions
Will the tall stems need staking?
Its strong, branched stems stand on their own in most gardens. In very windy spots, a sheltered location against a fence or hedge helps.
Does it rebloom?
It has one main flush, but new buds keep forming at the stem tips, so flowering lasts several weeks.
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