It’s probably not fair to highlight a daylily that has only been in your garden for a month. ‘Bang Bang’ was dug up from a daylily farm in Wisconsin and shipped to me in mid-July.
The rule of thumb is that you’re supposed to cut off any flower scapes that appear on daylilies you’re adding to your garden for the first time. Then the plant can concentrate on growing its root system before winter instead of putting its energy into flowering.
Did I follow that rule of thumb? No I did not. I wanted to see what the flowers looked like!
‘Bang Bang’ is classified as an “unusual form daylily that is crispate and spatulate” meaning the petals and sepals twist or pinch at the ends (crispate) and the segments are also markedly wider at the ends like a spoon (spatulate).
This daylily has 6.5″ flowers that appear on 28-inch scapes. The flowers are orange gold with a large red eyezone surrounding a large yellow throat.
It’s a dormant daylily and one of the Solaris Farms’ Top Northern Tier (TNT) daylilies:
“Daylilies marked TNT must have shown good resistance to adverse climate conditions, which includes low/high temperatures, water in the environment (or lack of) and freeze thaw conditions. Flowers must be relatively consistent throughout the bloom season and bud counts need to be better than average. Good looking foliage and growth habits are also expected. We want our plants to look good without the assistance of specialized conditions. The plants need to look good in a clump, be showy in a garden setting and prosper over a long period without division.“
I’m not a monster, 🙂 so I did cut off the scape the day after I got to see one of the flowers. I’m looking forward to seeing how those flowers look in a year or two once the plant is established in my flowerbed.