Hemerocallis Sun Dried Tomatoes

Hemerocallis ‘Sun Dried Tomatoes’ is a deciduous perennial offering mid to late summer interest. A truly outstanding, vibrantly colored variety, Hemerocallis ‘Sun Dried Tomatoes’ produces giant 6-inch flowers with a golden green throat and a blend of tomato-red and orange petals with prettily ruffled edges. Each flower lasts one day, but each plant contains several long scapes with multiple buds that open in succession. So, it blooms for weeks, attracting butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.

A Hemerocallis hybrid, commonly called daylily, Hemerocallis ‘Sun Dried, a cold hardy herbaceous plant, has an upright, mounding habit and a medium growth rate. The basal, linear, grass-like foliage lends texture and color to the garden, so the plant is attractive even out of bloom. Having 44 chromosomes, twice as many as diploids, Hemerocallis ‘Sun Dried Tomatoes’ is a tetraploid species, which tend to produce bigger, stronger plants. Although it is an excellent specimen, suitable for a container, Hemerocallis ‘Sun Dried Tomatoes’ shows to best effect when grown in masses in large areas or in groups in beds and borders.

Easy to grow, Hemerocallis ‘Sun Dried Tomatoes’ prefers full sun to part shade and deep, fertile, medium moisture, well-drained loams. But it is extremely adaptable and grows well in a wide range of soils, including poor and dry soils. It is rabbit and black walnut resistant and heat, humidity, and salt tolerant.