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Hemerocallis 'Steeple Jackie'

Daylily

Plant Type:

DAYLILY (HEMEROCALLIS)

Hemerocallis 'Steeple Jackie' - “Oh, Wayne... NOT another yellow daylily??!!!” Not THAT! Okay, okay but wait. WAIT!! 'Steeple Jackie' demands attention: for one SJ is a late bloomer; secondly, flower stalks grow to 5 feet in height; thirdly, its bud count borders on the ridiculous with as many as 50 flowers per stalk; and finally, each sunny yellow trumpet is delightfully fragrant. Yes, fragrant. Now: who owes who an apology?! 'Steeple Jackie' is a Saxton hybrid registered in 1999. Did I happen to mention that she wears perfume yet is low maintenance??? SJ' is after all a high maintenance low maintenance gal. You go, girl!


3.5”/ L / H60”/ / F / D / dor


 


Colors:

Yellow

Zone:

3 to 9
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Characteristics and Attributes for Hemerocallis 'Steeple Jackie'

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Late Summer

Nature Attraction

  • Honey Bees & Native Bees
  • Butterflies

Light

  • Full Sun
  • Mostly Sunny

Attributes

  • Border
  • Collector Plant
  • Drought Tolerant
  • Cottage Garden
  • Fragrant
  • Specimen
  • Accent

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Medium

Soil

  • Adaptable

Origins

  • Garden Origin

Propagated By

  • Division

Genus Overview: Hemerocallis

Common Name: Daylily

The well-known daylily. We have become increasingly taken with the late and very late bloomers. Those glorious daylily trumpets add such rich and contrasting texture to mops and strands of goldenrods, Joe-pye weeds and late season daisy flowers that occur in abundance at this time; they are splendid with the broad flattened domes of ironweeds, the spikes of Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ plus the seeds and berries that so opulently populate the landscape in the late season. We are offering a handful of mid-season bloomers. Of course, most of the breeding has centered about these and for this reason many of these cultivars are fancier. But we find there is elegance in the simpler flower form and gentler colors, often soft pastels, in the later selections. Most of the late bloomers but not all have originated with Olallie Daylily Gardens in South Newfane, VT. All cultivars are hardy in USDA zones 3 to 9 unless otherwise marked. All of the following are sent as bareroot divisions of our plants.

Please refer to the following descriptive codes for all daylilies:

Flower Size: is measured in inches (“)

Bloom Season: Very Early = VE

Early = E

Early Middle = EM

Middle = M,

Middle Late = ML

Late = L

Very Late = VL

Height: with an upper case “H” is measured in inches (“)

Rebloom: is indicated with an upper case “R”

Fragrance: is indicated with an upper case “F”

Very Fragrant: is indicated with an upper case “VF”

Diploid: is indicated with an upper case “D”

Tetraploid: is indicated with an upper case “T”

Dormant: is indicated with a lower case “dor”

Evergreen: is indicated with a lower case “ev”

All Daylilies are sold bare root