Hemerocallis ‘Jungle Beauty’

Hemerocallis ‘Jungle Beauty’: A whole new color from master Daylily breeder Dr. Darrel Apps!

 Break the monotony of yellow and pink Daylilies with a few of these electrifying violet-black giants!

A full 6 inches across and suffused with smoky-dark color that is the nearest thing yet to a true black in Daylilies, ‘Jungle Beauty’ is a color breakthrough extraordinaire!Arising in early summer on 30-inch plants, these huge blooms are intensified by their vivid chartreuse throat, which only serves to heighten the black tones of the thick, waxy petals. A magnificent sight in the sunny garden, containers, along the walkway, or anywhere else you need a little dramatic color. (Or make that a LOT of dramatic color — ‘Jungle Beauty’ keeps flowering for weeks!)

Jungle Beauty was bred by Dr. Darrel Apps, one of America’s premier Daylily hybridizers. Like all of Dr. Apps’s creations, it is eminently gardenworthy, a diploid that goes totally dormant in winter, so that it can withstand the extreme cold of zone 3 without losing a petal next summer! It withstands heat, humidity, and drought as well as cold, and isn’t fussy about garden soil as long as it’s well-drained. This is the perennial to plant along the blazing driveway or in that hard-to-water spot in the backyard! It will flourish!’Jungle Beauty’ combines with just about any other Daylily color, especially pinks and creams. It is also a fine companion to all your early-summer sun-lovers.

Daylilies are also the traditional succession planting to Daffodils, because their strappy, fountain-like foliage helps hide the dying stems of the Daffodils as the season changes. Find a place of honor for this brand-new color today!Space these plants, which reach up to 2 feet wide, about 18 inches apart to give them room to spread, then plan to dig them up and divide them in 3 or 4 years for even more spectacular garden color! Zones 3-8.”