'When My Sweetheart Returns' from hybridizer-extraordinaire Darrel Apps is one of the few reblooming Daylilies for gardeners in colder areas. The flowers are a romantic kaleidoscope of color, as lemon cream gives way to a deep rose that cradles a bright yellow center and grass-green throat. Compact and well branched, it's a sweet choice for small gardens and containers. PP 13,480

Daylilies are the plants every gardener dreams of. They offer glorious flowers in every shade except blue, a long season of bloom (though individual flowers last but a day), and a robust disposition that makes them easy to transplant, easy to maintain, quick to multiply, and resistant to pests. Planted together in large numbers, they quickly crowd out weeds and make a carefree and colorful ground cover. Among the miracles of modern breeding are tetraploid Daylilies, which have larger flowers with heavier texture and produce more blooms per stem over a longer period.

We ship plants that usually bloom the first year. They will outperform lesser grades offered elsewhere. Except as noted, all are "dormant" varieties, which means their leaves are deciduous.