Daylily 'Happy Returns'

Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns'

Daylily 'Happy Returns' is a perennial for edging, mid-border, suited to full sun to partial shade and clay or loam, flowering Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.

Where to use it in a border

At around 45 cm, it sits best along the front edge, where a low, spreading habit reads best. Give it about 45 cm of room to spread, roughly 2 to the metre when planted in a drift. It is hardy across USDA zones 3a to 9a, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of full sun, clay soil.

Border Builder uses Daylily 'Happy Returns''s height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• Not recorded as pet-safe; site it away from pets that graze if that matters to you.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• Bacopato edge in front
• Calibrachoato edge in front
• Drift Roseto edge in front
• Panicle Hydrangea 'Bobo'for height behind it
• Panicle Hydrangea 'Little Lime'for height behind it
• Petuniato edge in front

Garden styles

Cottage garden Foundation planting Modern