Siloam David Kirchhoff Daylily

Description:

Pretty lavender and pink trumpets with a bright yellow throat and a thin purple ring; sturdy, strong, easy to care for, great grassy texture and form; a stunning display when massed in the garden; diploid

Ornamental Features:

Siloam David Kirchhoff Daylily features bold fragrant lavender trumpet-shaped flowers with pink overtones, yellow throats and a purple ring at the ends of the stems in early summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's grassy leaves remain green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Siloam David Kirchhoff Daylily is an herbaceous perennial with a shapely form and gracefully arching foliage. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance perennial, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Siloam David Kirchhoff Daylily is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Groundcover
• Border Edging

Plant Characteristics:

Siloam David Kirchhoff Daylily will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity extending to 18 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 18 inches. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This perennial does best in full sun to partial shade. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under typical garden conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This plant can be propagated by division.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.