Wicked Winter

by Em
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We finally had a winter so nasty it killed one of my daylilies. ‘Night Rhythms’ is no more.

night rh

This daylily has pretty, royal-purple blooms with a yellow throat…nothing spectacular. However, ‘Night Rhythms’ was the one daylily I could count on to rebloom for me each summer, and I’m going to miss that.

The victim was growing on a slope on the edge of a raised bed that receives the full force of the north winds, so I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that the poor thing would struggle to endure endless windy, below-zero days.

I’ve already replaced ‘Night Rhythms’ with ‘Wayside Burnt Autumn’.

This time I’m thinking ahead, and instead of putting an entire cultivar at risk, I took a division from an established plant.

‘Wayside Burnt Autumn’ grows 35 inches tall with 6-inch flowers.

 

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