Background history:

'Vitamin C' is a dormant introduced in 2011 by Owen-P..

It has earned the following AHS awards:
Honorable Mention: 2015

This plant can be found in our Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Vitamin C') .

Please join in, if you own this plant! We would love to know more! I award an acorn for performance information posted to this thread.



Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Vitamin C')

If you like orange, then this is one for you. It reached its registered height and bloom size on a consistent basis. It is a vigorous plant. I would recommend giving it plenty of room. I only removed from my garden due to having limited space and this one seemed to be eating up a more space than I was willing to give it.

David

just planted earlier this year, noting to report so far:)

Have had this one for several years, it is a great orange daylilies. It's branched like a tree and most years blooms a long time here in Northern IL. It is a definite keeper in my book

I need to see it another year for evaluation, but so far, my reaction is that the color is not as interesting as its pictures.

I bought Vitamin C from NGA's own Lisa Klette (lilydaydreamer) in 2016 and have not regretted it one bit! I always said I didn't want to buy any orange daylilies, but I was wrong this time because at 44" tall with sturdy scapes, it is a stunner!

6/15/2018 - first bloom is usually mid-June and has bloomed until the first week of August. I've not had any rebloom.


7/24/21 - I get some scapes with 4-way branching, but most are 2 to 3-way. I counted 9 fans this past spring, so it has multiplied at a moderate pace.


7/2/21 - This picture just shows the orange shading with other daylilies. To the right of Vitamin C is Rhinestone Kid and King of Swing. I've not seen any rust on it


Described as a deep burnt orange with a red eye and edge, Most of the time the eye and edge just look like a darker shade of the burnt orange, but there have been a few times where it looked red.


This is one daylily that isn't going out of my garden any time soon

Vitamin C has been a tough, vigorous plant for me. Quickly grew to a 3-4' clump. Blooms usually have a "zing" to their coloration that doesn't show up well in photos but attracts attention in person. I believe branching is typically 3-way yet I can count on it to put on a very pleasing show every year-- seems like always a ton of blooms and always multiple open at the same time. I think it's a great daylily.

@Hortaholic, thank you for the acorn!

@blue23rose
You're welcome, Vickie! That's a terrific job of reporting on performance. I especially appreciate clump shots and scape pics like the ones you did so well👍🏻

My garden doesn't lend itself to taking comparable pics but you've inspired me to try to do better!

Pat

Thanks, Pat! There are some pics that I definitely crop to make it look better, like when my neighbors trash cans get in the pic. Hate it when the background messes up a great clump shot, lol!