{"id":3303,"date":"2012-06-24T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3303"},"modified":"2012-06-22T17:51:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T21:51:20","slug":"red-volunteer-outstanding-veteran-red-flowering-daylily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/06\/24\/red-volunteer-outstanding-veteran-red-flowering-daylily\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Red Volunteer\u2019 – Outstanding Veteran Red-flowering Daylily"},"content":{"rendered":"
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'Red Volunteer' daylily<\/p><\/div>\n

In the gardening world new does not always mean better. Red Volunteer daylily (Hemerocallis<\/em> x \u2018Red Volunteer\u2019) is not new, introduced by Oakes Daylily Nursery, near Knoxville, TN in 1984. Daylily catalogs describe it as a \u201ccandle red self with a golden yellow throat\u201d. It is a mid-season bloomer and the foliage is semi-evergreen.<\/p>\n

The 7- inch diameter blooms stand 30 inches tall, not hidden inside the grass-like daylily foliage as some varieties do. Its vivid red flowers are real standouts. The red color does not fade in the summer sun, as red at 5 p.m. as it was at 8 a.m. in the morning. The color of many red daylily varieties is washed out by noon<\/p>\n

Red Volunteer is a good multiplier, a rapid clump producer. A 2-3 year old well-grown plant may form 8 or more floral scapes, each with a dozen buds. Red Volunteer does not need to be divided every 5 years.<\/p>\n

Red Volunteer blooms in mid- to late June in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7).\u00a0While preferring a\u00a0moist, compost rich, well drained soil,\u00a0it grows well in a heavy clay soil. Once established in\u00a0a garden\u00a0for one year, Red Volunteer exhibits\u00a0exceptional summer heat and drought tolerance. Its long grass-like foliage stays green and lush\u00a0when adequately watered and fertilized.<\/p>\n

Daylilies are mostly disease and insect resistant. Aphids and thrips, as well as slugs and snails, may cause minor damage to the foliage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Red Volunteer was awarded the AHS Award of Merit in 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the gardening world new does not always mean better. Red Volunteer daylily (Hemerocallis x \u2018Red Volunteer\u2019) is not new, introduced by Oakes Daylily Nursery, near Knoxville, TN in 1984. Daylily catalogs describe it as a \u201ccandle red self with a golden yellow throat\u201d. It is a mid-season bloomer and the foliage is semi-evergreen. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[735,674,806,665,774,630,705,706,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3303"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3308,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions\/3308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}