Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Apps
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1986
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 18 inches
Bloom size: 3.12 inches
Bloom time: Extra early
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Bud Builder
Bud Count: 10-15
Rust Resistance: Shows Resistance
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 1.0
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: light yellow self
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1992

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Suzie Wong x Stella De Oro
Child plants: 29 child plants

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  • Daylily

'Happy Returns' was a featured
Plant of the Day for March 25, 2017.
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Location: Tabby's Garden
Date: 2008 july
Extremely easy bloomer
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2017-06-09
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2023-06-13
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2023-07-13
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2010-06-23
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2017-06-24
Location: Lincoln, NE
Date: 2017-06-03
Digital Camera
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: June 21, 2021
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2022-07-21
Happy Returns at full bloom
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2022-06-20
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2013-05-22
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2022-05-23

Date: 2018-08-22
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2023-07-22
Location: My garden in Lake Elmo, MN
Date: 2019-08-21
Happy Returns with frog
Location: Henry County, Virginia
Date: 2022-06-07
Has already sent up many scapes this year!
Location: Northville, MI
Date: July 1, 2022, 10:20 AM
Location: Waldoboro Maine
Date: 2019-07-22
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-07-31
Location: North Carolina
Date: 2021-06-07
Happy Returns
Location: Pembroke, GA
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-07-03
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Date: 2022-06-19
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-04-28
For sale at Lowe's
Photo by pinkiris
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-21
"Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns', 2017, Lemon Yellow [Daylily], hem-
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-05-11

Date: 2018-05-22
Location: Mid-Missouri, USA
Date: 2020-06-22
Lovely bright yellow blooms again and again

Date: 2014-06-20
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Location: Lexington, KY
Date: 2015-06-24

Date: 2009-06-21
Photo by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: Amherst, New Hampshire
Date: June
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2022-06-17
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: June 26, 2022
Photo by mcash70
Location: My Garden- Vermont
Date: 2015-07-26
Happy Returns with seed pods developing
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-08-27
Location: My garden.
Date: July 29, 2010

Image Courtesy of Monches Farm Used with Permission
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Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2017-06-03
Single fan division blooming it's little heart out!

Photo Courtesy of Merrilily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2010-07-09
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2017-06-25
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2005-08-22
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2014-05-10
Location: My garden.
Date: July 29, 2009

Date: 2014-05-25
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: My Yard
Date: 2015-06-03

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Nottawasaga Daylilies. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Youngsville, LA
Date: 2017-06-05
By tabbycat
Photo by ARoseblush
Photo by Hemlady
Location: Lexington, KY
Date: 2014-06-23
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-21
"Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns', 2017, Lemon Yellow [Daylily], hem-

Photo Courtesy of Spring Fever Daylilies. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2018-06-30

Date: 2014-08-15
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-05-11
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-05-11
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-06-02
First bloom of the season
Photo by Cat
  • Uploaded by Cat

Date: 2009-08-15
Credit Paul Paradis

Photo Courtesy of Lilywood Farms. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My Garden- Vermont
Date: 2014-07-03

Image courtesy of Archway Daylily Gardens Used with permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-07-14
A bright spot of color for a dark area.
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Date: 2014-06-20

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo by kimkats
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2016-06-22
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2017-06-25
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2012-06-13
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2012-06-13
Location: Critter's garden in Frederick MD
Date: 2013-06-19
Blooms on & off all summer
Location: Jacksonville TX
Date: 2014-06-13
Location: My Garden- Vermont
Date: 2013-07-10
Excellent example of a 'bud building' dayliliy with spiral scales
Photo by stilldew

Photo Courtesy of Keast Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-04-28
For sale at Lowe's

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My garden.
Date: 2011-9-18
Bee pollenated pods on Happy Returns.
Location: My home
Date: 2010-9-22
My first daylily seeds.

Date: 2013-08-16
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-05-11

Date: 2014-06-30
Credit James Steakley

Photo Courtesy of May's Acres Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by Avedon (NE Tex - Zone 8a) on May 23, 2013 6:52 PM concerning plant:
    Always a reliable bloomer and for a very long time. In a good year, this plant will be blooming here in November.
  • Posted by mcash70 (Near Kamloops, BC, Canada - Zone 3a) on Sep 29, 2011 5:54 PM concerning plant:
    Happy Returns is a favorite of mine, first to bloom, then it continues to do so all summer. Very pod and pollen fertile, at least in my experience.
  • Posted by tabbycat (Youngsville, LA - Zone 9b) on Jun 10, 2018 3:37 PM concerning plant:
    This cutie bloomed April and May this year, 2018. I call it a mini 'Going Bananas' because they are the same yellow color and it has similar creping and edge ruffling. I like it planted next to 'Raspberry Pixie,' which blooms the same time and is about the same size flower and plant but a darker raspberry shade that complements it.
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