LIMONCELLO (King-Lamone 2001)
36in, 6.5 -7 in, NOCT, DOR, Late - Very Late.
I kept this seedling for quite some time before deciding if it had enough
merits to introduce. It has a huge, flat-open spatulate base form, as seen
in the illustration above, but it is also a very variable consistent CRISPATA,
which this particular shot doesn't reveal. It also has much more green in
the throat than the illustration above.
After five years in the garden I realised that
this heavily-branched green-yellow was the longest and latest blooming hemerocallis
in my collection of nearly 1,200 cultivars! It twists and curls, pinches
and quills to make a rather dynamic impression, especially when many flowers
are open at once. Blooming right after LEMON STARFISH, it extends the season
of sassy, exotic fragrant yellows right into Very Late. Blooming
through August for us, it was accompanied up until mid August by SPIDER
BREEDER, which is similar in colour. The name is for a deliciously sweet
lemon liqueur served as a digestivo.
Grows well, hardy to -12F, fertile both ways,
but can be selective about pollen partners.
