Blackthorne pairs very pale, creamy yellow petals, touched with peach, with a bold wine purple eye and a matching picotee edge that runs partway up the ruffled petals. A glowing chartreuse throat and a fine sparkle finish the look.
It blooms in early midseason around early July, with semi-evergreen foliage and 4½ to 5-inch flowers on 26-inch scapes. It has received an Honorable Mention from the American Hemerocallis Society.
What it looks like
Rounded flowers 4½ to 5 inches across with broad, recurved, ruffled petals in pale creamy yellow with a hint of peach, a prominent wine purple eye band and a matching purple picotee edge partway along each petal, and a glowing chartreuse throat with diamond-dust sparkle. Each bloom lasts a day, but many buds open in turn on branched scapes rising to about 26 inches above a fountain of long, arching, strap-shaped medium green leaves. The foliage clump is about 16 inches tall and 18 to 24 inches wide. At peak bloom cream-and-wine flowers sit above the leaves in steady succession.
Growing it with lavender
The wine purple eye picks up lavender's color while the pale petals brighten the bed, all in the same full sun and well-drained soil.
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: Creamy yellow with a wine purple eye and picotee edge
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Foliage: Medium green
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Growth habit: Arching, fountain-like clump
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Mature size: 26 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.