Strawberry Candy has 4½-inch strawberry pink flowers with a bright raspberry red eye, an orange-gold watermark and a small green throat. The petals are tightly ruffled and edged in raspberry red.
It starts blooming in early July, reblooms and has a long season overall, with semi-evergreen foliage.
What it looks like
Flowers about 4½ inches across with strawberry pink petals, a bright raspberry red eye zone notched at the midribs, an orange-gold watermark, a small green throat and tightly ruffled raspberry red petal edges; the sepals are smooth. 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 pink flowers with raspberry eyes crowd the scapes.
Growing it with lavender
Its strawberry pink blooms pair softly with lavender in 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. 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: Strawberry pink with a raspberry red eye
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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: 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.