Jane Trimmer is a highly decorated daylily with 5-inch pale lavender flowers and large purple eyes so dark they look almost black. A matching dark picotee edge circles each petal.
The flowers sit just above the evergreen foliage in early July, and the plant reblooms well later in the season.
What it looks like
Flowers about 5 inches across with rounded petals in pale lavender, a large near-black deep purple eye zone, a matching dark purple picotee edge and a green throat. Each bloom lasts a day, but many buds open in turn on branched scapes rising to about 25 inches above a fountain of long, arching, strap-shaped medium green leaves. The foliage clump is about 15 inches tall and 18 to 24 inches wide. At peak bloom pale lavender flowers with dark eyes sit just above the leaves.
Growing it with lavender
Its pale lavender petals and dark purple eye echo lavender's colors closely, making a harmonious pairing in full sun.
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. Remove spent scapes promptly to encourage a later round of flowers, and divide crowded clumps every few years.
At a glance
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Botanical name: Hemerocallis
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Flower color: Pale lavender with a near-black purple eye and picotee
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Foliage: Medium green
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Growth habit: Arching, fountain-like clump
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Mature size: 25 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: Repeat Blooming
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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.