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Key characteristics

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

Perennials

Hemerocallis 'Summer Wine'

Summer Wine Daylily

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.

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

Moderate

Bloom time

Mid summer to fall

Find this plant

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.