Daylily 'Spiny Sea Urchin'

A beautiful daylily with perfect, gorgeous blooms that really stand out in the garden. The bright yellow spines that edge its blooms of l...Read Moreight and deep lavenders is where it got it's name. Can use some partial shade as the day gets hotter or the dark color can wear off and look splotchy, which is true of all darker daylilies. Use slow release fertilizer that is low in Nitrogen, like Osmocote, twice during the growing season. One daylily grower with whom I spoke recommended Milorganite once in addition to the Osmocote. You'll love this tall re-bloomer in your garden and will want to put it where visitors can see it.

This is absolutely the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Honest. I was so excited about it when I saw the photographs posted here after I...Read More bought it in 2007 and couldn't wait for it to bloom the following summer. But to say I was disappointed doesn't begin to describe my reaction to it. Its color is pale & washed out with barely any yellow around the edges, but the worst part is that the petals have numerous white splotches more often than not. It is no better in 2009 than it was in 2008. All my other daylilies are gorgeous and live up to the photographs posted of them on this site, but not Spiny Sea Urchin. A real bummer.