Hemerocallis EveryDaylily™ Pink Wing®
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Hemerocallis EveryDaylily™ Pink Wing®: Salmon-Pink Wings Flapping All Summer
Salmon-pink petals, a darker pink halo and a yellow throat. This compact daylily dresses like it's always on the way to a beach wedding. FLIP-FLOPS ON. CHAMPAGNE IN HAND.
Plant Characteristics:
- Botanical Name: Hemerocallis 'VER00213'
- Common Name: Daylily
- Series: EveryDaylily™, bred by Heemskerk in the Netherlands
- Height: 30–45 cm (12–18 in), from foliage to flower tops
- Spread: 35–40 cm (14–16 in)
- Flowers: Salmon-pink with a darker pink halo, paler outer petals and a yellow throat, about 7–8 cm (3 in) across
- Bloom Time: Early summer into fall (June to September)
- Foliage: Narrow, arching green leaves in a low, compact clump
- Features: Long blooming
- Plant Patent: USPP 26,605
Where to Plant: Use it where you want a long run of colour at knee height or lower: the front of a border, the edge of a path, or a container by the door. A row makes a neat, low band of flowers along a sunny bed, and clay soil is fine, but keep an eye out for rabbits and deer.
Companion Plants: Trollius 'Lemon Supreme' brings yellow globeflowers in May and June, before the pink daylily starts. Polemonium 'Heavenly Habit' adds violet flowers from May to July at 25 to 30 cm. Plant Aconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii' at the back for blue flowers from August to October. It is a calm, long-flowering grouping for full sun or part sun.
Plant Care: Give it full sun for the most blooms. Part sun works, with a lighter show. Plant the crown about 2.5 cm (1 in) below the surface in average, well-drained soil, and water through its first season. Pots dry out faster, so check them often in July and August. Once settled, it handles dry spells. Pull off faded flowers and finished stalks to keep it neat. Clear the foliage in late fall or early spring. Divide in spring or late summer every few years if the clump gets crowded.
History: Pink Wing® was bred by Gerardus Heemskerk of Noordwijk, the Netherlands, as part of the EveryDaylily™ series, from crosses made in 2006 and a seedling selected in 2009. Its US plant patent was granted in 2016, the same year Ball Horticultural brought it to North American gardeners.
Final Thoughts: Tuck it along a sunny walk and let it bloom into fall. No fuss, drought tolerant once settled. WINGING IT HAS NEVER LOOKED THIS GOOD.
