Overview

Introduce breathtaking elegance to your landscape with the Marquee Moon daylily live plant. This exquisite perennial, known for its prolific blooming and stunning appearance, will quickly become a focal point in your garden. The ‘Marque Moon’ daylily is a blooming powerhouse, continuously producing gorgeous flowers throughout its season. Its striking creamy white blooms, accented with a prominent gold “pie crust” edge, create a truly captivating display. A light fragrance adds to its charm, making it an ideal choice for gardeners seeking both visual appeal and a delightful scent. This robust daylily is a dormant variety, making it well-suited for a wide range of climates and a resilient performer in various garden settings. If you’re looking for a reliable and beautiful flowering plant, the Marquee Moon daylily live plant is an excellent choice.

Key Benefits

The Marquee Moon daylily live plant offers numerous advantages for any garden enthusiast, promising both beauty and ease of care. Its exceptional qualities ensure a rewarding gardening experience.

• Stunning Floral Display: Features large 5 1/4 inch creamy white blooms with a distinctive gold “pie crust” edge, creating an elegant and eye-catching appearance that will enhance any garden bed or border.
• Prolific Bloomer: Known as a blooming powerhouse, this daylily produces an abundance of flowers, extending your garden’s vibrant display from mid to late season. Expect continuous flushes of blossoms.
• Lightly Fragrant: Enjoy a delicate, pleasant fragrance that adds another layer of sensory delight to your garden, making it perfect for planting near patios or walkways.
• Dormant Variety: This dormant daylily is exceptionally hardy and well-suited for planting in zones that experience a sustained cold period in winter, thriving in USDA Zones 2-8.
• Versatile Landscaping: Looks gorgeous on its own as a specimen plant or when mass-planted. It sizzles when paired with gold or bright yellow flowers, adding a sophisticated touch to mixed borders.
• Low Maintenance: Once established, the Marquee Moon daylily live plant requires minimal care, making it an excellent choice for both experienced gardeners and beginners seeking high impact with low effort.
• Disease Resistant: Generally robust and resistant to common pests and diseases, ensuring a healthy and vibrant plant with less intervention.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Proper care is essential to ensure your Marquee Moon daylily live plant thrives and provides abundant blooms. Daylilies are generally forgiving plants, but a few key practices will lead to optimal performance. For successful growth, focus on adequate sunlight, proper watering, and suitable soil conditions.

The Marquee Moon daylily live plant prefers full sun to partial shade. For best blooming results, aim for at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. In hotter climates, some afternoon shade can prevent scorching of the blooms. This plant is a dormant daylily, meaning its foliage dies back in winter, making it resilient to cold temperatures. It is hardy in USDA Zones 2-8. Plant in well-draining soil that is rich in organic matter. While daylilies can tolerate a range of soil types, they perform best in slightly acidic to neutral soil. Ensure good drainage to prevent root rot. Water regularly, especially during dry spells and when the plant is establishing. Aim for consistently moist, but not waterlogged, soil. Once established, they are somewhat drought-tolerant but will produce more flowers with consistent moisture. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced slow-release fertilizer to encourage robust growth and flowering. Deadhead spent blooms to encourage new flower production and maintain a tidy appearance. Divide clumps every 3-5 years to rejuvenate the plant and prevent overcrowding.

The daylily care routine for ‘Marque Moon’ is straightforward, making it a joy to grow. Watch for common daylily pests like thrips or spider mites, though they are rarely a significant problem. Good air circulation and proper watering usually keep these issues at bay. This creamy white daylily is an adaptable plant, making it a fantastic choice for various garden designs.

Size & Details

The Marquee Moon daylily live plant is shipped in a 1 Gallon container, providing a well-established root system ready for planting. The plant typically grows to an impressive height of 24 inches (around 2 feet) with a spread of similar dimensions, creating a substantial presence in your garden. Each bloom measures approximately 5 1/4 inches across, showcasing its large and captivating flowers. This mid-to-late season bloomer typically starts producing its creamy white daylily flowers in mid to late June in zone 7, with blooming times varying slightly depending on your specific climate zone. As a dormant daylily, its foliage will die back in winter and re-emerge vigorously in spring, ensuring its return year after year.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: The Marquee Moon daylily live plant typically grows to about 24 inches (2 feet) tall and has a similar spread, creating a beautiful and substantial clump in your garden.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: This daylily is shipped in a 1 Gallon container, providing a healthy and established plant ready for transplanting into your garden.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Marque Moon daylily is an outdoor perennial plant, best suited for garden beds and borders where it can receive adequate sunlight and undergo its natural dormant cycle.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: For optimal blooming, the Marquee Moon daylily live plant requires full sun exposure, meaning at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily. It can tolerate partial shade, especially in hotter climates.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, daylilies are known for their ease of care. Once established, they are quite drought-tolerant and require minimal maintenance, making daylily care simple for gardeners of all experience levels.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your daylily will arrive as a healthy, live plant in its 1 Gallon container, with an established root system, ready for planting.
• Q: How long until it blooms? A: As a mid-to-late season bloomer, you can expect the Marquee Moon daylily live plant to start flowering around mid to late June, depending on your specific USDA zone and local climate.
• Q: When is the best time to plant? A: The optimal time for planting most daylilies is in spring after the last frost, or in early fall, allowing the plant sufficient time to establish before extreme temperatures.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: This is a dormant daylily variety, hardy in USDA Zones 2-8, meaning it is well-equipped to survive cold winters and will return vigorously each spring.
• Q: What’s the minimum temperature it can tolerate? A: Being hardy in USDA Zones 2-8, the Marque Moon daylily can tolerate very cold winter temperatures, with its foliage dying back and reappearing in spring.
• Q: Is this a fragrant daylily? A: Yes, the Marque Moon daylily features a light, pleasant fragrance, adding to its overall appeal in the garden.