Day-lily
Location: Main Campus; West Campus, widely planted in flower beds
Approximate blooming period: May - August
Hemerocallis fulva
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zones 5-10
Height and Form: can grow up to 4 feet tall, the flowers can get up to 6 inches wide
Foliage: long, grass-like leaves with stems growing taller than the leaves
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: slightly fragrant large and showy red-orange flowers with yellow at the base, they can have spots or stripes but only lasts for one day
Names: tawny daylily, common daylily, tiger lily, "Fulva" is Latin for "orange-yellow", Hemerocallis is Greek for "beautiful for a day"
Cultivars/Varieties:Kwanzo- a triploid, where the stamens are turned into petals tripling the amount of petals
