Background history:

'Marque Moon' is a dormant tetraploid introduced in 1998 by Trimmer.

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

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Marquee Moon')

Marque Moon has been here a couple years. It has increased nicely and has never disappointed with multiple blooms for many days. Late Bloomer.

I cannot say enough good things about this plants performance. This is the comment I placed on the plant's page itself...

"This is a FANTASTIC garden daylily. Just an absolute blooming machine. Big bud counts, never hangs up while opening, every bloom is large and near flawless. Teeth on edges become more pronounced as later blooms open. Can't say enough good things about this cultivar...I'll be hanging onto this one for a long time and will always have it in a space that is prominently displayed."


Just a stunning plant, flower, performer.

Marque Moon is in its 4th season here. I agree the blooms are lovely. The blooms are more white than many others classed as white, has a great little edge, always opens well and is a late bloom here. Although it will never reach the registered bud count here or branching, a count of 9 on two way branching is likely the best it will do. Blooms are usually one or two at a time but so pretty. I am happy to have it.

I received Marque Moon in Spring 2017. It bloomed that year but not particularly well. It took a year to settle in but has been a good performer ever since. The flowers are quite white in my garden and never hang. In 2019 it bloomed for about 3 weeks with most days having 2-3 flowers open. Both 2018 and 2019 were not good gardening years in terms of weather for me but Marque Moon still performed well. I'd highly recommend it.

I have had Marque Moon now for about 3 years.
It started blooming on July 11 in Northwest CT and is still going. I have 3 or 4 scapes this year.

Like previously commented, it opens beautifully and never gets caught up on her ruffles.

I can't find anything that I don't like about this plant.

I have three plants in different areas of the garden. All have started to bloom in just the last few days. A great season extender and a beautiful flower.

I've had Marque Moon for a few years. It did best on its second and third year in the ground ( 2018 and 2019). This year was unremarkable, only two scapes, although very pretty. Maybe it's gotten too shady where it is? I might try moving it...

Marque Moon had a much better summer this year… probably all that rain! It was my neighbor Julia's favorite Daylily when she was taking photos in my absence in early August.

Blooming from July 18 to August 10, Marque Moon had flowers on most days, throwing 32 of them. It is a beautiful plant! Always a favorite and the first one I look at when I check the front bed for new bloom.


Some of Julia's photos

2022 update, not a great year for MM. it bloomed from July 18-30, much shorter than last year. Plus there were only 13 blooms, less than half of last year's production. I'm blaming shade and drought. Still, always pretty!

2023 update…Marquee Moon had an awesome summer. Btw, no one seems to have mentioned that Oakes, where I bought this Daylily in 2017, has it (still!) mislabeled as Marque Moon, which is somehow what I thought it was called. Anyway, Marquee Moon makes a lot more sense.

Back to the flower. Mine bloomed from July 19 to August 12, with 32 blooms counted, although I'm sure there were more than that while I was away. By October, it was a clump, too many fans to count. I'm sure it was the abundant rains and plenty of sun and heat this summer that helped it recover from last year.

2024 update

A sad summer for MM. it is in the front bed which was overrun and tunneled by chipmunks. The performance suffered greatly. Even though it started with 11 fans, it only threw 12 blooms between July 14-27. By October it had lost a fan to end with 10.