Alabama Jubilee is a big, bold daylily with 7-inch flowers in fiery red-orange, marked by a deeper red band and a golden throat. The ruffled, sculpted petals are thick enough to hold up well in hot summer sun.
Strong, well-branched scapes carry plenty of buds in midsummer, and the healthy foliage resists pests and looks good all season. It performs well in both northern and southern gardens, has earned recognition from the American Hemerocallis Society, and the lightly fragrant blooms attract hummingbirds and butterflies.
What it looks like
Very large, open, trumpet-to-flat flowers about 7 inches across with six broad, ruffled tepals in fiery red-orange, a darker brick-red band circling the center, and a glowing golden yellow throat. Each bloom lasts a day, but many buds open in turn on branched scapes rising to about 30 inches above a fountain of long, arching, strap-shaped medium green leaves. The foliage clump is about 18 inches tall and 18 to 24 inches wide. At peak bloom in midsummer several huge red-orange flowers are open at once above the green fountain of leaves.
Growing it with lavender
Its hot red-orange blooms make a vivid contrast behind purple lavender, and it tolerates the same sunny, well-drained ground.
Care
Grow in full sun to light part shade (at least six hours of sun for the best bloom) in average, well-drained soil; once established it handles heat, clay and dry spells. Hardy in zones 3 to 9. Snap off faded flowers for a tidy look, cut bare scapes to the base after bloom and divide crowded clumps every few years.
At a glance
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Botanical name: Hemerocallis
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Flower color: Fiery red-orange with a deeper red band and gold throat
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Foliage: Medium green
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Growth habit: Arching, fountain-like clump
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Mature size: 30 in tall × 18–24 in wide
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USDA hardiness zones: 3–9
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Light: full sun, part sun to part shade
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Bloom start: Early-July
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Peak bloom: Mid-July
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Bloom pattern: Single Flush
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Deer resistance: Susceptible
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Pollinator value: Good
Sizes and shipping
Dormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.