Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Hollywood')
Hemerocallis 'Hollywood' Daylily offers season-long color with melon blooms. Low maintenance perennial for zones 3-9.
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Complete Plant Information
Overview
Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ is a highly adaptable and rewarding herbaceous perennial, commonly known as the Daylily. This cultivar is valued by gardeners for its relatively low maintenance needs combined with vibrant, multi-hued blooms that appear consistently through the summer months. The striking flower display of Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ provides excellent visual interest in mixed borders or mass plantings.
As a robust Daylily hybrid, ‘Hollywood’ thrives under various conditions, though it prefers deep, fertile loams. Its vigorous growth habit results in attractive mounds of linear foliage topped by scapes bearing its signature melon-blend flowers. It is celebrated for being easy to grow, making it a cornerstone plant for both novice and experienced landscapers.
Gardeners benefit from the extended blooming power of Daylilies, which provide reliable color from June into July. Deadheading spent flowers encourages further production, keeping the garden looking its best throughout the season. Incorporating the Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ into your landscape ensures season-long performance without demanding intensive, specialized care.
Fast Facts
- Plant Family: Asphodelaceae
- Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
- Hardiness Zones: USDA Zones 3-9
- Size at Maturity:
- Height: 1.5-2 ft
- Spread: 1.5-2 ft
- Bloom Time: June to July
- Bloom Description: Melon blend with orchid midribs and gold-chartreuse throat
- Sun Exposure: Full sun to part shade
- Water Needs: Medium
- Maintenance Level: Low
How to Grow
Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ performs best when planted in average, well-drained soils, ideally situated where it receives full sun to partial shade. While Daylilies adapt to many soil types, loamy, fertile soil enhances overall vigor and bloom quality. Plant during the fall or early spring, ensuring the crown—where the roots emerge—is buried no more than one inch below the soil surface.
Watering should remain consistent, maintaining medium moisture levels, especially during dry spells to keep the foliage looking attractive, despite the plant’s tolerance for heat and humidity. For optimum health and the best display of blooms, divide clumps of this Daylily every three to four years, performing this task in the spring, particularly in colder winter climates.
Maintenance for the Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ is minimal. Deadhead spent flowers daily to maintain neatness and remove the entire flower scape once blooming is finished. Winter dormant types, like this cultivar, require a cold winter dormancy period; avoid planting them where hard freezes do not occur (Zones 9 and above may see less reliable reblooming).
Landscape Uses
Daylilies are perennial workhorses in landscape design due to their tolerance and reliable structure. Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ excels when used for defining borders where its 1.5 to 2-foot mature height provides a neat, consistent edge. It is equally effective when planted in dense masses to cover large areas, creating sweeping drifts of foliage and color.
Because of their fibrous root systems, Daylilies are excellent for areas where soil stabilization is needed, fitting the “erosion” tolerance noted for this species. While the primary focus is the flower, the grassy, arching foliage provides year-round texture when foliage dies back slowly in moderate climates. Consider using these plants near pathways or cottage garden centers where their striking blooms can be appreciated up close.
Standout Features
Flower Qualities
- Showy
Noteworthy Characteristics
Hemerocallis is a genus of herbaceous perennials commonly known as daylilies, with cultivars like ‘Hollywood’ being the result of extensive hybridizing efforts to achieve new colors and patterns. Each flower, including the 6” melon-blend blooms of ‘Hollywood’, typically lasts only one day but is produced in such succession that the plant provides continuous color over a long season. These plants feature basal, linear foliage and bloom on tall, naked scapes, giving them an airy presence above the clump.
Tolerances
- Rabbit
- Erosion
- Air Pollution
Potential Problems
Daylilies are exceptionally adaptable and rarely suffer from severe pest pressures. The main management concern involves occasional minor infestations of mites, aphids, or thrips, which can usually be managed with strong water sprays or insecticidal soap applications. In certain regions, Daylily rust poses a greater threat, requiring monitoring and appropriate fungicide application if signs appear.
Rabbits generally avoid consuming Daylilies, offering a small advantage in yards where browsing wildlife is an issue. If foliage remains messy after the growing season, particularly in colder zones, cut it back to maintain a clean look going into winter dormancy.
Frequently Asked Questions
What hardiness zones is Daylily suitable for?
The Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ Daylily is robustly cold-hardy, thriving in USDA Zones 3 through 9.
How large does Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ grow?
This Daylily cultivar typically reaches a height between 1.5 and 2 feet, with a similar spread of 1.5 to 2 feet at maturity.
When does Daylily bloom?
Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ enters its main bloom period from June through July, featuring its distinctive melon blend coloration.
What sun exposure does Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ need?
This Daylily performs best when situated in conditions ranging from full sun up to part shade coverage.
Conclusion
The Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ Daylily provides exceptional value through its low maintenance requirement and high ornamental impact during the mid-summer months. Its tolerance for varied conditions makes this specific Daylily an indispensable element for achieving reliable, colorful garden structure. Before planting, confirm your local hardiness zone, and prepare well-drained soil to ensure this beautiful cultivar thrives for years to come.
Design Ideas
Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ works wonderfully in cottage gardens where its arching foliage contrasts nicely with stiffer, upright blooms like Salvia or Veronica. Placing them near the front edge of a mixed perennial border, where deadheading is easy, keeps the look tidy while allowing taller background plants to benefit from the mid-story color provided by the Daylily.
For a more contemporary setting, mass plantings of Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ create striking bands of color that highlight architectural features in the yard. Since they are tolerant of erosion, planting them on slight slopes or banks provides visual appeal while simultaneously helping hold the soil in place, an excellent dual function.
Propagation Tips
The most effective and recommended method for increasing your stock of Hemerocallis ‘Hollywood’ is by division. Division should ideally be carried out in either the spring or the fall, though spring division is preferred in areas experiencing very harsh winters. Carefully dig up the entire clump and gently separate it into smaller sections, ensuring each new division has a healthy mass of roots and fans of foliage attached.
It is crucial to note that hybrid daylilies, including ‘Hollywood’, will not produce genetically identical plants if grown from seed. Seed propagation results in genetic variation, meaning the resulting seedlings will not reliably possess the desirable melon blend color characteristics specific to the parent plant.
