Northwest Blooms · Perennials
Hemerocallis 'Summer Wine'
Summer Wine Daylily
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Height
- 2-3 feet tall
- Width
- 2-3 feet wide
- Flower color
- Rose wine petals with yellow-green throat
- Foliage color
- Green, with slender, arching leaves
- Bloom time
- Mid summer to fall
- Light
- Full sun to partial shade
- Water
- Moderate
- Maintenance
- Low; remove spent blooms and trim foliage after flowering
- Growing zone
- USDA Zones 3-9
- Wildlife
- Attracts butterflies and other pollinators
About this plant
Hemerocallis 'Summer Wine' is a cheerful daylily with velvety, rose wine-colored petals that surround a bright yellow-green throat, creating a vivid contrast that stands out in the garden. Each petal has a subtle ruffled edge, lending a refined texture to its overall form. This rich, saturated pink tones of 'Summer Wine' bring warmth and depth, making it an ideal choice for a variety of garden settings, from mixed perennial borders to dedicated daylily beds.
Blooming from midsummer into early autumn, 'Summer Wine' offers a generous and prolonged display that enhances the landscape during the height of the season. This hardy cultivar, bred for its rich color and vigorous blooming habit, is well-suited for gardeners seeking both beauty and low-maintenance color throughout the warmer months.
Works well in
Borders · Cottage Gardens · Pollinator Gardens · Cut Flower Gardens
Companion plants
Hardy geraniums · Hostas · Ferns · Astilbes · Foxgloves · Bergenias
Design tip
Fall bloom is its strength, and it earns a place near a path or seating area used late in the year. It takes sun or light shade, which makes it useful along the changing light of a bed edge or a partly shaded border.
Where to see it
This plant can be seen at the Center for Urban Horticulture.
