*9″ bloom, 32″ tall, Early-Mid Season + rebloom, Dormant
Huge blooms and pretty much perfect in our book! It’s easy to see why this beauty is a multi-award winner, including the 2008 Stout Medal, daylily’s highest award.
I ordered more of these All American daylillies after seeing just how gorgeous the first ones I planted in my garden. And while I’ve ordered many from Oakes, and they’re all beautiful, these are my very favorite!
I absolutely love this daylily – I’m in zone 6B in Colorado. This was my first order from Oakes Daylilies. I received this order Spring 2021. I don’t remember how many blooms to be exact the first year, but this season it looks like I will end up with 20 blooms once they have all bloomed. The picture was taken this morning after a rain. The red in my opinion is a true very clear red and for me it doesn’t fade. It does receive some morning shade from the eave of the front of the house, but other than that it gets full sun. We have clay soil, but we do amend it. Oakes is the best, and I look forward to ordering from Oakes for many more years.
Can’t miss this one!
This one is everything the description says – no hype here!! I bought this for a large bed and split all 4 bunches into 21 small plants. This is the third year and these are so full, I weeded only once in late July and only pulled out 10 or so weeds. The color red is vibrant and absolutely does NOT fade in the hot midwest afternoon sun. Very impressive considering it is a western exposure in full sun. Height is true and the stems are very strong holding up in some very severe storms – both hard rain and wind. They are planted in floodplain and the strength of the stems hod up to periodic flooding. These plants have a hard life where they are planted and just thrive. This lily makes a beautiful display in an incredibly short time.
You can request a specific date in the Order Notes box during checkout, and we will ship your plants as close to the time you request as possible.
We ship February — October.
Or we will send at the proper time for planting:
Winter and Early Spring Orders:
We will send at the appropriate time for Spring planting in your area. See the chart below for approximate starting shipping dates by zone.
Late Spring and Summer Orders :
After shipping has started to your area, we will send as soon as possible, normally within one to two weeks.
PLEASE NOTE – We will do our best to ship as quickly as possible, but the plants are growing in the ground, not sitting on a shelf, so it takes some time to get them dug and ready to ship.
Fall Orders:
We will send as soon as possible, up until it is too late to plant in your area. Orders placed after that time will ship the following spring. See the chart below for last shipping date by zone.
Approximate Dates We Start Shipping by USDA Hardiness Zone:
Zones 9-10: Mid-late February
Zone 8: Early-mid March
Zone 7: Mid-late March
Zone 6: Late March – early April
Zone 5: Early-late April
Zones 2-4: Late April – early May
Approximate Dates We Stop Shipping by USDA Hardiness Zone:
Zones 2-4: Mid-September
Zone 5: Mid-late September
Zone 6: Late September
Zone 7: Early October
Zone 8: Mid October
Zones 9-10: Late October
It’s pretty simple: most of you can grow any of the daylilies we sell. If you live in an area with a sustained cold period like we do in East Tennessee, you can grow all the varieties. However, If you live in an area that doesn’t get freezing weather in the winter, dormant varieties won’t work for you; you need to choose evergreen or semi-evergreen varieties.
We normally include bonus plants equal to about 20% of your order. And these aren’t “leftover” plants, or “whatever we’ve got lying around.” These are the same huge, healthy plants we sell. Just leave the decision up to us— we’ll pick something we know you’ll love!
Daylily Stickers!
After the year we’ve all had, we’re trying to wring whatever joy we can find out of every day— even Tax Day*. So we put our thinking caps on and thought, “What is silly and fun and makes everyone happy?”.
That’s when it hit us: stickers! To make your day brighter, we are offering 13 stickers free with every order today through April 19!!!
Stick ’em on your water bottle, your cooler, your laptop (even your wheelbarrow!) or wherever else you could use a bit of cheery color.
*We know that Tax Day has officially been moved to May 17. Since today is traditionally Tax Day, though, we’re going for it.
Howard O –
I ordered more of these All American daylillies after seeing just how gorgeous the first ones I planted in my garden. And while I’ve ordered many from Oakes, and they’re all beautiful, these are my very favorite!
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judy76751 (verified owner) –
I absolutely love this daylily – I’m in zone 6B in Colorado. This was my first order from Oakes Daylilies. I received this order Spring 2021. I don’t remember how many blooms to be exact the first year, but this season it looks like I will end up with 20 blooms once they have all bloomed. The picture was taken this morning after a rain. The red in my opinion is a true very clear red and for me it doesn’t fade. It does receive some morning shade from the eave of the front of the house, but other than that it gets full sun. We have clay soil, but we do amend it. Oakes is the best, and I look forward to ordering from Oakes for many more years.
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candace.friend (verified owner) –
Very vibrant colors! Gorgeous!
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Brenda Prestangen –
Purchased in 2020. First blooms this year. The blooms were as large as advertised and very vibrant red and yellow colors. They are beautiful!
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Tim Clark (verified owner) –
All American Chief does have the “Wow!” factor! Big and bright red blooms atop tall, sturdy scapes. This one is an attention grabber for sure! Zone 6
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Sue –
It reminds me of tribal costumes I saw at a powwow in NM. Gorgeous!
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CatW –
Can’t miss this one!
This one is everything the description says – no hype here!! I bought this for a large bed and split all 4 bunches into 21 small plants. This is the third year and these are so full, I weeded only once in late July and only pulled out 10 or so weeds. The color red is vibrant and absolutely does NOT fade in the hot midwest afternoon sun. Very impressive considering it is a western exposure in full sun. Height is true and the stems are very strong holding up in some very severe storms – both hard rain and wind. They are planted in floodplain and the strength of the stems hod up to periodic flooding. These plants have a hard life where they are planted and just thrive. This lily makes a beautiful display in an incredibly short time.
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