Marquee Moon raises the bar for near-white daylilies with lavish ruffling that gives the blooms an elegant look. The large 5 to 5½-inch fragrant flowers are cream, with a yellow throat that glows outward and a yellow edge around each rounded petal.
On cloudy days you may notice a hint of peach, and in sun a fine sparkle shows on the petals. It blooms in late July.
What it looks like
Large, rounded flowers 5 to 5½ inches across in soft cream with extravagantly ruffled edges, a yellow throat that fades outward onto the petals and a thin yellow picotee along each petal, with a diamond-dust sparkle. Each bloom lasts a day, but many buds open in turn on branched scapes rising to about 24 inches above a fountain of long, arching, strap-shaped medium green leaves. The foliage clump is about 14 inches tall and 18 to 24 inches wide. At peak bloom elegant cream flowers stand out clearly against the green leaves.
Growing it with lavender
Its creamy, ruffled flowers brighten a lavender planting and share its need for sun and good drainage.
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: Cream with a yellow throat and yellow picotee
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Foliage: Medium green
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Growth habit: Arching, fountain-like clump
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Mature size: 24 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: Mid-July
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Peak bloom: Late-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.
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