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Dec 18, 2015 12:49 PM CST
Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
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I am not very good at detecting daylily flower scents, so I planted a Gardenia next to the entrance of one of my daylily locations. I can often smell the daylilies, but I have a hard time tracking down just which one (s) are responsible.
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Jan 15, 2016 7:28 AM CST
Name: Cheryl
Western WA (Zone 8b)
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Advance Party, has a smell of a traditional rose bloom.
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Jan 15, 2016 9:14 PM CST
Name: Rob Laffin
Mariaville, Maine (Zone 4b)
In addition to H. Citrina, which has already been mentioned, another species, H. Flava, a/k/a/ Lemon Lily is super fragrant, by far the most fragrant in my garden. It blooms a full month earlier than the EMs - a whole different bloom time.
EARLIANNA, a nice dip from 1938, also very early and very fragrant. I suspect it is a H. Flava kid. Slightly larger flowers and slightly taller scapes.
I have many many fragrant ones, but it's hard to remember now, in January. I spend a lot of the summer on my knees with my nose in daylily blooms. I thought I had hay fever until I tested negative for it and realized that my congestion was from snorting so much daylily pollen at bloom time.
Judy Davisson's MISTER GREEN JEANS is HIGHLY fragrant. And an EXCELLENT flower with a KILLER scape. I highly recommend for a clear yellow. MGJ makes the air fragrant in my garden because it is a clump and the flowers are at face level (it's in a slightly elevated bed, but is pretty tall anyway). Most daylilies require nose in flower, in my experience. BUT, I always look for still, humid weather when my locust trees bloom in early June - in those conditions, they smell up the whole property as richly as driving through the orange groves in FL at bloom time. Similarly with my datura - they seem more fragrant in humid weather. Also, many fragrant flowers seem more fragrant in morning or evening. See, e.g. Citrina Vespertina (vesper being latin for evening)

LEMON LILY (H. Flava) (this may be a clone - you'll see them with slightly diff flower forms and shades of yellow, but this blooms super early and is super fragrant)
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EARLIANNA
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MISTER GREEN JEANS



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Jan 15, 2016 9:31 PM CST
Name: Rob Laffin
Mariaville, Maine (Zone 4b)
Sorry, Elaine. I just noticed you had already mentioned H. Flava. I didn't catch that before.

NOTIFY GROUND CREW is also fragrant (and tall enough you don't have to bend down to smell it!):

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Jan 16, 2016 7:04 AM CST
Name: Vickie
southern Indiana (Zone 6b)
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Rob, I love the height on Notify Ground Crew!!! And fragrant to boot, what's not to like, lol Hurray!
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Jan 16, 2016 5:47 PM CST
Name: Glen Ingram
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Goodness those very tall daylilies are cool!! And perfumed to boot!
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Jan 18, 2016 8:31 AM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
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Wow! Love the height on NOTIFY GROUND CREW! Amazing!

It's funny, but I live in humid Florida and I rarely notice any scent from the daylilies. I do smell a slight fragrance from Siloam Double Classic. (A very nice, but faint scent.) But nothing from my seedlings. Do seedlings take a few years to develop a scent?

I know the scent of Orange Blossoms very well living in the Sunshine Citrus state (or so it used to be). I can not imagine such a strong scent from daylilies. I grow several Brugmansias and THAT strong scent about knocks me over in the evenings along with the sweet scent of Four O'Clock evening blooms. But during the day ... not much. Some of my roses, yes. I would love to get a whiff of daylily blooms to smell what y'all are talking about.

I really need to some day visit a daylily farm during bloom season!
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Jan 22, 2016 8:23 AM CST
SW Michigan (Zone 5b)
I have given this thread some thought before posting. This is an interesting time of year for me to stumble across this question as it is winter here in Michigan so I am not able to go out to smell any blossoms. I do enjoy the fragrance that some of the daylilies have. I know that I have more than the two that I will list here that have fragrance but after thinking for a good week before replying no others have come to mind.

Probably the most fragrant daylily that I have is Madge Cayse. I have her planted right close to the front door and there are many times that I can smell this one just as soon as I get off of my steps. The second that I have that is really fragrant is Pumpkin Kid. I have had both of these daylilies for several years. I usually do stick my nose in the blossoms to see if I can detect a fragrance but never have made any notes on which ones I can smell.
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Jan 23, 2016 6:52 AM CST
Name: Vickie
southern Indiana (Zone 6b)
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Always glad to hear of those fragrant daylilies that one can smell from a little distance.
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Jan 23, 2016 11:04 AM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
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I agree I am now very interested to smell what those fragrant ones scent is!
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