There is nothing “oooo and ahhh”-worthy about daylily ‘Scarlet Orbit’ yet it’s one of my favorite daylilies of the several hundred I grow. First of all, it blooms for months every summer without fail, and sometimes it’s one of the first daylilies to start the season.
Second, it rarely has a bad blooming day. Some daylilies will occasionally send up flowers that have pigment missing or the petals may not open fully, but never this one.
When I blogged about ‘Scarlet Orbit’ about 8 years ago I wrote, “I have many red daylilies, but this one just has a perfect, flashy-red color that’s set off beautifully by the plant’s dark-green foliage. The contrasting chartreuse throat draws the eye and makes this daylily a good one to plant with gold or yellow perennials or daylilies.”
‘Scarlet Orbit’ grows 22 inches tall with 6-inch flowers.