Background history:

'Violet Victory' is a evergreen introduced in 2008 by Morss.

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

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 'Violet Victory')

Beautiful Lilly, do they do well in containers?

I haven't grown any daylilies in containers, so can't answer Phil's question.

One nice thing about the Plant of the Day series is that it is a chance for me to take a hard look at the daylilies I own to see if they are worth keeping anymore. Violet Victory is a gorgeous bloom, but after looking at its stats, I've decided that I either need to move it to see if it does better or get rid of it altogether.

Would love to know how this one does for other folks. It is in an area of my garden that seems to be a trouble spot for me since I have had two other daylilies and a Pow Wow Wild Berry coneflower die in that small 4-foot area of a long row of daylilies. The ground there is a little lower, but not much, so I don't understand it.

I've had Violet Victory since 2013 and it has not multiplied very quickly. Last March, I only counted 5 fans. It is supposed to be 33 inches tall, but it is usually in the 24-inch range. This may suggest that I have the wrong plant, but I don't believe I do. I think it is the spot in my garden.

It also doesn't have very good branching or bud count for me, usually 2-way branching with 10-12 buds.

7/20/2018 - around 5:30pm with faded bloom


7/24/2021



By 5 pm, the blooms are very faded. Now that I am retired, I get to enjoy the blooms in the morning. It is pictured here with the Pow Wow Wild Berry coneflower that died.

6/27/2016 - 6:37pm


6/5/2016 - 8:39 am, different day, but it looks so much better in the morning. I believe that this picture shows the truest colors of Violet Victory.



I would call this an EMO (early morning opener) when it is fully open at 6:30am

7/11/2020 - 6:17am



And with blooms like these, it would be difficult to get rid of. I think I should just move it. It is a beautiful blue-violet eye.

6/24/2021


7/2/2021

Vickie - Grubs of Japanese Beetles or Junebugs may be the problem in your trouble area. I've found places in my yard with daylilies that are shorter than they should be and that don't multiply very much have grubs eating the roots. Grubs will also take down perennials like coneflowers, dianthus and coreopsis.

I very much like the flowers on Violet Victory, and I keep it because it's such an excellent pod setter when temps are in the 90s. It's never been the registered height for me. It's usually 24-25 inches tall. It is in a area of my garden that's been hard hit by grubs year after year.

Thank you very much for that information, Debra! I have trouble with JB's every year, but didn't think about the grubs eating the roots.