Background history:

'Little Business' is a semi-evergreen introduced in 1971 by Maxwell-T..

It has earned the following AHS awards:
Award of Merit: 1977
Honorable Mention: 1974
ATG: 1975
FS: 1983

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

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Little Business')

I loved Little Business--such a pretty red, very sunfast, and each bloom tiny and perfect.




Unfortunately it was also very rust-prone, so I had to get rid of it.

I have had Little Business a long time. It has just never impressed me, it just does not bloom as well as I think it should. It does reliably rebloom, but the bloom itself does not really appeal to me. That is a lot of personal preference, I know. I have lots of plants that bloom better and appeal more to me.

Red isn't my favourite colour, but I do love the sassiness of Little Business.

Lots of red tipped buds, but blossoms can fade in full, unrelenting sun and heat.



In the shade, or earlier in the day, the colour is stronger.



Bright and perky

For a small, 3 inch blossom, it gives a good hearted greeting to the day.

I had Little Business for many years. I had it planted in a pretty unforgiving place and it never did well. It bloomed poorly and was often set back by our wild weather swings in Spring. I ended up giving it away rather than trying to find a better spot for it. I preferred Little Red Warbler which has taller scapes in my garden.