Digging deeperPlant Library

Other Names:  Rainbow Rhythm Ruby Spider

Group/Class:  Rainbow Rhythm Series

Brand:  Proven Winners

Description:

Gigantic dark ruby red blooms with stunning yellow centers and midribs, featuring long spoon shaped petals; tetraploid; excellent for borders, groups, or naturalizing; makes a huge visual impact on the landscape

Ornamental Features

Ruby Spider Daylily features bold ruby-red trumpet-shaped flowers with yellow throats and yellow stripes at the ends of the stems from mid to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its grassy leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Ruby Spider Daylily is an herbaceous perennial with a shapely form and gracefully arching foliage. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Ruby Spider Daylily is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Ruby Spider Daylily will grow to be about 30 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 18 inches apart. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 7 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to dry locations, and dislikes excessive moisture. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.