Daylily
Hermerocallis fulva
Grows two feet tall in almost any climate
Plant today and enjoy 4-5'' bright orange blooms by next summer.
Each flower lasts but one day
Yet each plant produces 50 blooms or more
For a profusion of color day after day.
A hundred years ago
Hemerocallis offered yellow, orange or russet-colored flowers
But breeding expanded their palette
To many thousands
From pale yellow and deep red
To purples and browns and blues
Multiple colors or stripes
And contrasting eyes or bands.