Hemerocallis 'Autumn Red' (Daylily)
Vibrant Red Reblooming Perennial
Transform your garden with Hemerocallis 'Autumn Red', a stunning reblooming daylily that delivers spectacular orange-red flowers with golden throats throughout the growing season. This hardy perennial combines exceptional reliability with outstanding ornamental appeal, producing impressive 5-inch wide blooms that attract butterflies and hummingbirds whilst providing months of continuous colour from early summer through to autumn.
Key Features
- Plant Type: Hardy herbaceous perennial
- Height: 1m
- Spread: 60cm wide
- Flowering Period: Juy to September
- Flower Size: 5 inches wide
- Flower Colour: Orange-red with golden throat
- Hardiness: Hardy in the UK down to temperatures of -20 to -15 degrees Celcius (RHS hardiness rating H6)
- Growth Habit: Clumping, sword-like foliage
Impressive Bloom Size and Colour
Blooms are red with a gold throat, 5" wide, creating a dramatic focal point in any garden setting. The vibrant orange-red petals with contrasting golden centres provide exceptional visual impact that stands out beautifully against the dark green foliage backdrop.
Extended Reblooming Performance
Autumn Red Daylilies bloom profusely mid-season June/July and continues with less of a show through Summer, ensuring your garden maintains colour throughout the growing season. This reblooming characteristic makes it exceptionally valuable for sustained garden interest.
Attractive Foliage Structure
Daylilies have sword-like leaves arranged in pairs and grow only at the base of the plant. The leaves are narrow, smooth and slightly folded, with a central ridge running lengthwise down the back of the leaf. This distinctive foliage creates an attractive architectural element even when not in bloom.
Compact Growth Habit
Autumn Red Daylily will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity extending to 32 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. This manageable size makes it perfect for smaller gardens whilst still providing substantial visual impact.
Outstanding Wildlife Value
The flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds, making this variety an excellent choice for wildlife-friendly gardens. The nectar-rich blooms provide valuable food sources for pollinators throughout the extended flowering period.
Multiple Planting Options
An ideal choice for shrub borders or perennial beds, as ground covers on slopes or in containers near the patio. This versatility makes it suitable for various garden styles and applications.
Mass Planting Excellence
Use for mass plantings, ground cover, erosion control, edging, borders, mixed plantings. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 18 inches apart.
Container Growing
Perfect for container cultivation, making it ideal for patios, balconies, and areas where temporary or moveable colour is desired. The compact size and extended flowering period make it excellent for container displays.
Soil and Position
Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Daylilies perform well in a wide range of soils, but prefer deep, fertile loams. Hemerocallis 'Autumn Red' thrives in full sun, requiring 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily.
Light Requirements
Six hours of sun or more will provide better blooming. Flowering is likely to be poor in shadier situations, so positioning in full sun locations is essential for optimal performance.
Soil Preferences
Thrives in full sun or part sun in average, moist, well-drained soils. While it performs well in a wide range of soils, fertile loam is preferred. Good drainage is essential to prevent root problems, particularly during winter months.
Daily Maintenance
Deadhead spent flowers daily for neatness and remove scapes when flowers have completed bloom. This regular maintenance encourages continued blooming and maintains the plant's attractive appearance.
Division and Propagation
To propagate them, divide the daylily clumps in early spring (February through April) or in the late summer to fall after flowering (late July through mid-September) prior to the autumnal equinox. The plants need at least 6 weeks to get re-established before winter.
Growth Rate
It grows at a medium rate, establishing well in its first season and reaching full maturity within 2-3 years.
Border and Bed Planting
Excellent for mixed perennial borders where its reblooming habit provides consistent colour throughout the season. The sword-like foliage adds textural interest and architectural structure to planting schemes.
Slope and Bank Stabilisation
The clumping growth habit and fibrous root system make it excellent for erosion control on slopes and banks, whilst providing ornamental value in challenging locations.
Contemporary Garden Design
The clean lines of the foliage and bold flower display make it perfect for contemporary garden designs, particularly where architectural plants are desired with reliable flowering performance.
Pet Safety
Daylilies are toxic to cats. Consider placement away from areas where cats frequent, or choose alternative plants if you have cats in your garden.
Botanical Distinction
Daylilies are not true lilies, which belong to the Lilium genus and grow from bulbs; daylilies don't. This distinction is important for gardeners familiar with true lilies, as care requirements differ significantly.
Why Choose 'Autumn Red'?
Hemerocallis 'Autumn Red' represents the perfect combination of spectacular flower display, reliable performance, and exceptional versatility. The impressive 5-inch blooms with their striking orange-red and gold colouration create dramatic focal points, whilst the reblooming characteristic ensures sustained garden interest throughout the growing season.
This hardy perennial offers outstanding value for gardeners seeking low-maintenance plants that deliver consistent results. Whether used in mass plantings, mixed borders, or container displays, 'Autumn Red' provides the perfect balance of ornamental appeal, wildlife value, and garden reliability that makes it an indispensable addition to any garden seeking vibrant, long-lasting colour.
Buying Shrubs from Jacksons Nurseries
At Jacksons Nurseries we sell a variety of shrubs both evergreen and deciduous with a variety of flowering times throughout the year. At certain times of the year our shrubs you buy from us may not look like the images shown on our website when deciduous leaves have fallen, the shrub has finished flowering or has been trimmed back.
Some leaves on evergreen shrubs can be damaged in winter by frost or harsh winds but in spring new leaves will readily replace those damaged. This is quite normal on many evergreen varieties and is preferable to plants grown with excessive protection that show cold shock once planted out and establish less satisfactory initially.
Availability: Stock availability figures are provided as a guide only. There is a delay between orders being placed and the plants being gathered by our pulling team. During this time it may be possible for a member of the public to purchase these plants from our Garden Centre, while this is rare it is a possibility and we will notify you of any problems as soon as possible. This figure may also include plants that have not yet be flagged as unsaleable.
Pre-order: Pre-order times are given as a guide only and may vary dependent on the growing season. Orders containing Pre-ordered products will be shipped as a single order when all items become available. Large orders may be part shipped, please contact us on 01782 502741 or email sales@jacksonsnurseries.co.uk.
* Please Note: Shrubs in 20 litre pots and above might require a pallet delivery starting at £79.99 per pallet. Depending on the exact pot size and height it may be possible to get approximately 5 plants per pallet at no extra cost. The maximum height we can dispatch on a pallet is 2.0m, this includes the height of the pallet and pot.
Shrubs are deciduous or evergreen woody plants, and often provide fragrant flowers, berries and foliage. They are good for structural framework, and they can provide a wonderful shelter and food source for wildlife.
Planting and Conditions
Container grown shrubs can be grown at any time of year. It is a little known fact that shrubs planted in the autumn and winter will be easier to look after than those planted in the spring and summer, because they will have time to establish and become hardy in the cooler months.
Plant the shrub at the same depth as it was in its original pot. Planting too deeply can result in root and stem rot.
One of the biggest causes of death in new shrubs is drought stress, so keep it well watered until it’s established.
Make sure you loosen the soil prior to planting. Most shrubs are tolerant of most soil types as long as it is fairly well draining.
Most shrubs will grow happily in containers, but they will be much more demanding on feeding and watering than shrubs in the ground would be. They will also need potting on every couple of years so that they don’t suffocate or become stunted in their pot.
Aftercare and Pruning
Once established, shrubs generally do not require much water. However, at first they need careful, frequent watering and should not be left to dry out.
Shrubs in the ground are generally not demanding and in most cases, annual feeding with general purpose fertilizer will suffice. Shrubs in containers may need more feeding; usually from early spring until late summer.
Shrubs also benefit from mulching in order to supress weeds, conserve moisture and provide vital nutrients. Mulch also greatly improves soil conditions. Shrubs can be mulched in late winter, after fertiliser has been applied, but it can be mulched through autumn to late spring as long as the ground is damp.
All shrubs benefit from dead-heading once spent flowers become apparent. Rhododendrons and Lilac especially benefit from the removal of dead flowers.
Some shrubs may show signs of reverted growth or ‘sporting’. This is where random shoots of different leaves associated with the plant’s parentage begin to appear. Most commonly this is where plants with variegated leaves sprout pure green growths instead of variegated ones.
To control reversion, remove reverted shoots promptly to discourage them. Reverted shoots are usually much more vigorous than the variegated ones, and thus should be completely pruned out and cut back into wood containing variegated foliage.
Potential Issues
Although shrubs are usually very robust garden plants, they can sometimes start to decline with no apparent or obvious reason.
This will start with browning leaves, which could indicate plant stress due to lack of water or waterlogging, an establishment failure or, in the worst case scenario, honey fungus. Another cause of leaf browning is a high salt content in the soil. This could be a natural occurrence, especially if you live near the ocean, or it could be from over fertilisation.
To remedy a high salt content, cut back on fertiliser and step up your watering regime for the next few weeks. If you live by the ocean, this will be harder to remedy—but stepping up your watering will help to wash some of the salt away all the same.
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