Circe

Introduced: 1937
Height: 48"
Ploidy: Diploid
Habit: Dormant
Bloom time: Mid, Extended
Bloom size: 3.5"
Bloom type: Single
Not Fragrant


In the introduction year, A.B. Stout described it as:
" The Circe daylily has been selected as an especially attractive plant from a large number of somewhat similar seedlings which have yellow flowers and bloom in early and mid-July. The scapes stand from 3 to 4 feet tall, and they are stiffly erect and somewhat branched. The flowers are full, about 3.5 inches in spread and light yellow or almost lemon-yellow in color. In its particular combination of characters the Circe daylily does not closely resemble any of the various yellow-flowered named clones in bloom at the same time. The ancestry comprises six generations of selective breeding with hybridizations that include Hemerocallis flava, H. fulva clone Europa, H. Thunbergii and H. aurantiaca. "
( cited from: Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, 1937, vol. 38, p. 60-61 )