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(Hemerocallis Happy Returns)
Sun to Part Shade
Buttery pale yellow fragrant ruffled flowers return endlessly with non-stop blooms from May to frost with long dark-green leaves. This perennial attracts butterflies and hummingbirds with no fuss. Perfect along walkways, borders, your home, or garden. Great cut flower arrangements. See Specifications below. Shop the Happy Returns Daylily for sale. Buy direct from a small family owned South Carolina grower.

| Item |
Description |
| Special Features | Showy flowers, low maintenance, deer and rabbit resistant. Drought, heat tolerance. |
| Category | Perennial |
| Hardiness Zones | 3-9 See Hardiness Zone Map below. |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Sun | Sun – Part Shade |
| Height | 1-2 Ft. |
| Width | 1-2Ft. |
| Planting-General | Align top edge of the root ball is slightly above ground level to allow for settling. Likes average, well drained soil. Mulch to prevent soil from drying out or getting too hot. |
| Planting-Spacing | Plant 3 feet apart between each plant, center to center. |
| Watering | Regular watering schedule during first growing season to establish deep roots. If planted in Fall, or Winter, water once every week or two. Planted in growing season, water every day or two for 3 or 4 months. If hot dray spell, water everyday for the first 3 to 4 months. More often in extreme heat or containers. Can add Root Stimulation which helps early root development and strengths roots, as well as, reduces plant shock. |
| Fertilizing | Apply fertilizer in mid Summer. Keep roots cool with thick layer of mulch to retain moisture during heat of Summer and colder months of Winter. |
| Pruning | Not applicable. Do remove spent blooms and seedpods to encourage repeat blooming, and remove dead foliage in the Fall. |
| Deer | Deer do not favor their taste. If in a high deer area, spray every 3 to 6 months with deer repellent. |
| Flowers | Non-stop 3” fragrant yellow flowers. |

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