Passion for Red has very large, fragrant 6¾-inch flowers in a vivid orange-red with a contrasting yellow eye and throat that shows on all six tepals. The color is very sunfast.
It puts on a big show in early July with some rebloom later in summer, and its thick branched scapes hold the large flowers well over semi-evergreen foliage.
What it looks like
Very large flowers about 6¾ inches across with broad tepals in vivid orange-red and a bright yellow eye and throat zone visible on all six tepals. Each bloom lasts a day, but many buds open in turn on branched scapes rising to about 27 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 big orange-red flowers are spread across the thick scapes.
Growing it with lavender
Its vivid orange-red blooms make a strong contrast behind lavender in the same sunny, 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. 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: Orange-red with a yellow eye and throat
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Foliage: Medium green
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Growth habit: Arching, fountain-like clump
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Mature size: 27 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.
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