Species Daylily, Lemon Lily, Custard Lily, Yellow Daylily

This daylily has a lovely scent and and clear lemon colour.
Grows well in sun or part shade. Flowers early summer.

I have grown this particular hemerocallis for at least 50 years. Always very early, very fragrant, nice lemon yellow flower. I can't ...Read Morefind it listed in my Hemorcallis Check List for 1893 to July 1, 1957. I do know it was introduced many many years ago. Don't know why it isn't in the checklist. I listed it in my catalog as Lemon Lily, liliasphodelus. Now I worry about what the correct spelling and name for this very fragrant daylily really is. DonnaS

Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus syn. flava is a very early blooming species daylily. It's flowers are a light yellow, funnel-shaped, 7- 8 c...Read Morem long and are sweetly scented. Scapes have 6-9 flowers. Spreads underground. It can be propagated by division or seed (not pollinated with other varieties of daylilies). May be known as an heirloom, but heirloom does not necessarily mean species.

One of my favorites of all the old or new lilies. The clear yellow color with no hint of gold is just perfect, and lights up any space.

This is one of my first daylilies to bloom and is in full force now and a bit behind is another heirloom orange variety that does well in...Read More this area. I dug both of these up from abandoned home sites and they are all in bad need of separating, as are my irises. I enjoy cut daylilies as I have discovered that they will contnue to open in succession if you keep the water fresh and remove the spent blossoms daily. I have never noticed much scent however as mentioned above in these heirloom ones I have.
Blessed, Dan Brown, Elm Grove, LA

A fragrant daylily species, the scent is lemon-y; blooms are clear yellow.