Background history:

Hemerocallis citrina is a dormant diploid introduced in 1897 by Baroni.

This plant can be found in the NGA Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis citrina) .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis citrina)

I grow the variant called Yao Ming which is sold by Plant Delights. It is a very robust plant with 5 foot scapes and produces masses of small, highly fragrant nocturnal blooms during the ML season. It is a rock hardy hard dormant with extremely attractive foliage. The distinct yellow shade of the blooms glows in the setting sun. If only it existed in a tetraploud version this plant would be perfect!!!

I can look at my office window and see my H. CITRINA presently flowering. I just went out and took these photos for you.



H. CITRINA is easy to grow. Here in the subtropics it dies back in the colder months but doesn't disappear below ground. It Is nocturnal, reblooms and produces proliferations. It is easily pod and pollen fertile and highly perfumed. It attracts hawk moths at night. Here it flowers in the first week of the third month of spring. Mine show resistance to rust.


(A thunderstorm is looming in the background).

I was given this daylily in 2014, it didn't bloom the following year, but bloomed very nicely this year. I really like the simple look of it, & the color just glows. It bloomed late season here

I started my H. Citrina from seed and have been growing it for at least seven years, has a very dependable bloom and brightens up any space.

@Karen,
Will H. Citrina be true from seed? I know most daylilies will not, but there are always exceptions to the rules. The data base here shows propagation only by division.

Larry,

To my understanding the species daylilies will come true from seed.

Hi Larry,
I bought the seeds from The Fragrant Path and they look just like the ones pictured.

Thank you Jon for posting!

I got H. citrina in 2019 and it has multiplied super fast in the last four years and blooms around mid-late June until mid-July. I really like the trumpet shape, but am not a fan of nocturnal daylilies so much. I've never counted buds, but the branching is spaced well and is usually 4-5 way. I do like the 4-foot height and the scapes hold up the blooms nicely.



H citrina has black tipped buds.


Just referencing a 2021 thread here since there was an interesting discussion about H. citrina and H. 'Baroni' and the difference between the two. Sue (sooby) was a great help in explaining some naming issues and she has referenced some really great articles and books.
The thread "H.citrina vs. `Baroni'" in Daylilies forum