‘Going Bananas’ is an extended-blooming daylily. This diploid cultivar flowers a three month long continuous blooming cycle (rather than stopping and starting again) from early summer into fall. Each bloom stays open longer, at least 16 hours per day. Each trumpet-shaped flower opens wider, a new genetic trait in daylilies.

Going Bananas features slightly fragrant, 4-inch wide clear lemon yellow blooms with ruffled edge. It is a hybrid between Hemerocallis ‘Happy Returns’ and H. ‘Brocaded Gown’. Flowers are lighter yellow and wider opened than its parents. It form a large number of scapes, each bearing 10-15 buds. Going Bananas is extremely vigorous and clumps should be divided every 4-5 years in the fall to maintain vigor.

Daylilies grow in average, medium moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Deadhead spent flowers daily for neatness and remove the woody scapes when completely bloomed out. Plants are tolerant of summer heat and humidity, but relish deep watering over dry spells to maintain foliage attractiveness.

Daylilies are popular sun perennials planted singly with other flowers in a garden or a container. Several can be massed together as a ground cover on steep slopes to retard soil erosion. When not in flower, the grass-like foliage is valued for color and texture. Daylilies are extremely adaptable perennials with no serious insect or disease problems.