Lady Lucille Daylily

$14.99 each, 3 for $39.99

4.95 out of 5 based on 43 customer ratings
(43 customer reviews)

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* 6″ bloom, 24″ tall, Mid-Late Season + rebloom, Dormant

‘Lady Lucille’ daylily is consistently on our Top 50 Best Sellers list partly due to its outstanding bloomability but also, if we’re being honest, because it’s simply a beautiful daylily. Intense, deep orange blooms shine in the garden. Petals are darker than sepals, with a deeper orange blush extending from the throat and a prominent yellow midrib.

A high bud count means you’ll get lots of bright blooms from Lady Lucille and fantastic rebloom means you’ll be seeing this powerhouse off and on throughout the season. Looks awesome in a mass display.

Although listed as dormant, this variety has been proven to successfully grow  in zones 3-10.

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Visit our YouTube channel to see all our videos on daylilies

Lady Lucille is one of five daylilies in our All-American collection. If you are in need of a daylily collection with proven performance around the country, the All-American collection is for you!


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Lady Lucille Daylily Features:

‘Lady Lucille’ daylily is consistently on our Top 50 Best Sellers list partly due to its outstanding bloomability but also, if we’re being honest, because it’s simply a beautiful daylily. Intense, deep orange blooms are a large 6″ and shine in the garden. Petals are darker than sepals, with a deeper orange blush extending from the throat and a prominent yellow midrib. Tall scapes are approximately 2′ in our East Tennessee garden.

A mid to late season bloomer, we can typically expect to see this lovely daylily around the mid to late June or early July here in zone 7. If you are to the north of us, you can expect to see it a couple of weeks after we do. If you are to our south, you can look forward to seeing it a bit before us. A fantastic rebloom allows us to see its bright orange blooms off and on throughout the season.

Although listed as dormant, Lady Lucille has been proven to successfully grow in zones 3-10.

This bright orange beauty looks awesome in a mass display but we also love it paired with yellow, gold or hot pink for extra sizzle or dark purple for an arresting appearance in the mid to late summer garden.

Visit our YouTube channel to see all our videos on daylilies

Lady Lucille is one of five daylilies in our All-American collection. If you are in need of a daylily collection with proven performance around the country, the All-American collection is for you!


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HOW TO GROW DAYLILIES: Daylilies are very easy-to-grow. They like a lot of sun and they like a lot of water. For more information on how to care for daylilies, click here.
WHAT DAYLILIES CAN I GROW: 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 (like zones 9 and 10), dormant varieties won’t work for you; you’ll need to choose evergreen or semi-evergreen varieties.

BIG PLANTS! When it comes to daylily plants, bigger is better! All of the plants we ship will be three fans or larger — two or three times (or more) what you might receive from other companies. Larger plants get established faster and bloom more quickly!

FARM-FRESH TO YOU! All of your plants will be freshly dug when you order. The leaves are trimmed and the plants are washed and air-dried. Your daylilies will be out of the ground less than 48 hours before they’re headed your way.

BONUS DAYLILIES: We send free daylilies (we call them “bonus” daylilies) with every order. These daylilies are equal to about 20% of your order and are the same huge, healthy plants we sell. Just leave the decision up to us and we’ll pick something you’re sure to love!

ABOUT US: Oakes Daylilies is a family-owned daylily farm that’s been in business for three generations. Our daylilies grow in home gardens, city parks and botanical gardens across the nation– including Hawaii and Canada. We are known in the industry as Daylily Experts and grow over 1000 varieties of daylilies on nearly 70 acres in East Tennessee. But over 50 years ago, we started just like you—with one daylily in a home garden.

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  1. Vigorous plant with brilliant color

    donna.s.johnson

    I love Lady Lucille as this is a very vigorous bloomer with stunning color. The two-toned orange pairs well with many other flowers.

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  2. One person found this helpful

    Lady Lucille

    Carolyn Ervin (verified owner)

    I am in shock! Today, 10-27-21, my Lady Lucille is blooming. This is rare. Our temps were mid to upper 40s for past several days. People r wearing jkts and there she is strutting her beauty! I love this beautiful daylily. It will probably never bloom again at the end of Oct., but it’s a treasure in late June here in West TN. I highly recommend her. Beautiful deep orange/two tone.

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  3. Lynn located in north Texas 8a (verified owner)

    This was the bonus plant I received when I ordered from the online bloom festival. I received this plants July 8. Oakes sends bare root plants with the foliage trimmed. When I opened the package I was surprised to see the foliage had grown during shipping. These plants looked like they had been in my garden all summer after two weeks. I currently have scapes and am looking forward to those vivid orange blooms. This is truly a testament to the quality and vigor of Oakes plants.

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  4. One person found this helpful

    Prolific and Colorful

    C Jeffrey Mc Lean (verified owner)

    I had planted Lady Lucille last year and forgot that I’d done so. When it appeared in early July, it was almost rusty brown. Later, the blooms turned brilliant orange, and my prolific plants were still blooming in August. This was a winner for me, and I just planted another 12 of them in another part of my garden.

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  5. Stunning!

    dlighting625 (verified owner)

    Beautiful, show stopper in the garden! Can be seen from a ways away! Beautiful lines, vibrant orange blooms! Robust and easy! Loved them so much, bought more this year!

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  6. Surprise bloomer

    jbowden109

    I planted this beauty in March in Prescott, AZ, zone 7 in an area that only has about 5 hours of sun. What a pleasant surprise to see this beauty show off. I didn’t expect any blooms until next year (2022) since it was newly planted. A real winner!

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  7. Lucille

    Shannon (verified owner)

    This has become my favorite and I’m putting it everywhere. I just got it this spring and it’s already blooming.

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  8. Nanet (verified owner)

    Loved the color!

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  9. lady lucille in Kentucky

    reimerultrasound (verified owner)

    planted the babies in April, full sun in Kentucky. just ordered more!

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  10. Gorgeous!

    Elaine Mattson (verified owner)

    Lady Lucille blooms here with almost a deep orange-red color. It is in bloom now (mid May) and is stunning!

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  11. Lynda Thomason

    Brilliant in front of the house, picking up the tones of the brick on our house.

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  12. One person found this helpful

    Intense and Vigorous

    Janet (verified owner)

    Wow! I bought this in honor of a friend named Lucille, but this plant has taken my heart. She starts blooming here and lights up the garden. A strong grower, she is multiplying quickly and puts on a great show of blooms late in the season! (and the price is a bargain!)

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  13. Vigorous Bloomer

    Henri Schiphorst

    The many orange blooms are a headturner, for sure.

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  14. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Needs some shade in Zone 9

    nhud2682 (verified owner)

    I grew Lady Lucille in Chicago (Zone 5) and it was fantastic. When I moved to California (Zone 9) 5 years ago, I missed my old daylily favorites and decided to try Lady Lucille, even though I knew that It was a dormant type and evergreens were probably more likely to thrive here. And, I have verified that this is true. I have moved Lady Lucille several times, coming to the conclusion that it needs to be in dappled shade because in full sun, even with daily watering, the flowers and foliage are scorched by mid-afternoon. Our summers are HOT and dry, 100+ is not uncommon, but I have found some evergreens that stand up to it without scorching. Lady Lucille’s flowers are stunning when they first open, and it is still one of my favorites because of the deep, rich orange and the darker center.

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  15. Lady Lucille

    toadsnflwrs (verified owner)

    Despite being stuck in a box for two weeks due to shipping delays, she perked right up once planted. Bright green leaves and new growth already coming in nicely I’m crossing my fingers and hoping for a bloom this year.

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  16. Lady Lucille

    jenstrieper (verified owner)

    This is such a great color in real life. Lady Lucille is a bright cheery orange with highlights that are more yellow so that the effect is a bright and happy color. The plant seems healthy and strong and bloomed the first summer after they were planted in the fall.

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  17. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Lady Lucille

    jenstrieper (verified owner)

    Lady Lucille daylily

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  18. One person found this helpful

    Stunning!

    melody cagle (verified owner)

    Stunning is the only word I can think of to describe this daylily. It literally lights up the garden. Not a ditch lily orange at all. Oakes’ service is unsurpassed. Their shipping is on time and the plants are just beautiful every time I receive a shipment. Just great people to deal with!

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  19. One person found this helpful

    PERFECTION!!!

    Thames (verified owner)

    I have received Oakes catalogs for years and carefully look through every page, but I just can’t find another day lily that I am as smitten with as Lady Lucille. This lady is stunning, blooms and blooms and blooms and beckons everyone for a closer look. You can’t go wrong with Oakes or this beautiful flower!

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  20. 3 out of 3 people found this helpful

    LADY LUCILLE

    Debby Hood

    LADY LUCILLE

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  21. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Extremely hardly gets more beautiful by the year

    Debby Hood

    OK since orange isn’t my favorite color I kept moving Lucille around to different spots. Apparently, she left a little part of her root in different spots because she is popping up everywhere! The place that gets the most water has a darker orange color and the ones in the drier spot are a little more orange/ orange.
    She is becoming a favorite of mine. Very big blooms and beautiful scapes.!

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  22. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful

    LADY LUCILLE 2

    Debby Hood

    LADY LUCILLE 2

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  23. 3 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Outstanding, right out of the gate!

    Ann Hancock (verified owner)

    When Blooms of Bressingh released this day lily, I trailed in in the Michigan State University Perennial Trials, in Zone 5. Lady Lucille was an instant success and one of the few plants that I gave a 5-star evaluation rating. It was vigorous with nice foliage that held up well through the growing season. The flower display stopped visitors in their tracks. This cultivar is a must have for any day lily connoisseur!

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  24. One person found this helpful

    Beautiful

    Kim (verified owner)

    What is your hardiness zone? Zone 7

    Waleska GA, planted last fall, not many blooms this year… But it has been so dry and hot… mine are more vivid than than the photo – very bright yellow amid deep orange.

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  25. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful

    A new favorite.

    Shirley Bryant (verified owner)

    What is your hardiness zone? Zone 5

    I planted two Lady Lucille last year in my northern Indiana garden. They are in a half day sun area, and this year have 8 & 9 scapes respectively. Lucille has begun to bloom just as Mauna Loa stopped, and so they have kept the beautiful, hot orange color going. She has large flowers, bright clear color, and a high bud count – just the things I look for in a daylily!

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  26. 3 out of 4 people found this helpful

    Sandy

    Wow, this Beautiful and Bright Daylily is still blooming mid-Oct. and based on the blooms it will be blooming all the way until the end of Oct. It began June 29, and paused in Aug. only to begin again in the 3rd week of Sept. I split the fans I was sent last year into two plants and both have done equally well in zone 7 Middle Tn. I have had 6 blooms open on 2 scrapes at one time. You won’t regret this purchase!

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  27. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Catherine Eloranto (verified owner)

    This is such a stunning lily! I have an area dedicated to this lily and also Real Wind. The vibrant orange of Lady Lucille is softened by the light, peachy blooms of Real Wind. Together, they both make me gasp at the sheer beauty, and sigh at the subtle nuances of the pairing. This is their first year, and each plant had multiple scapes. I look forward to them multiplying into a dazzling display. I wish I could give more than 5 stars.

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  28. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful

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    Stunning!!! Planted this beauty last fall and looks like a mature plant already. Masses of scrapes and the size of the buds and flowers are enormous…and oh, the color is breathtaking…Love it!!!!!

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  29. Boise, ID

    I purchased Lady Lucille Spring of 2013 – didn’t bloom in first year. In June of this year I moved from Iowa to Boise, Idaho. I dug up this plant, along with my other day lilies, putting plants into small boxes with dirt around roots, transported in back of our pickup with a plastic tarp. The plants were out of the ground for two weeks. Today, Lady Lucille, had it’s first flower. It was worth the wait – the flower is absolutely stunning – bright orange with red – really stands out in my garden. I have it planted right next to Autumn Wood, another amazing plant purchased from Oakes Daylilies. All 13 of my day lilies purchased from this great Company have all survived the recent move and are all blooming. Oakes sells the very best plants.

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  30. Third Lake, IL

    the picture doesn’t do it justice. had my first bloom today. such a beautiful color of deep orange and red. WOWZA!!!!!! I look forward to many years of this beauty.

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  31. jonesville, VA

    I bought this daylily two years ago, it’s a true beauty the picture does not do it justice!

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  32. Philadelphia, PA

    Gorgeous color, a bounty of buds on strong, vigorous plants, and rebloom … outstanding variety and recommend it highly!

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  33. Union City, GA

    Oh my goodness! The first day of bloom was so breathtaking I wanted to come outside before breakfast. The scapes are tall and the bloom is incredibly big. I love it and want more. Thanks Oakes.

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  34. Katy, TX

    Beautiful vibrant color, 3rd year in garden. I love this daylilly!

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  35. One person found this helpful

    Coeur D’ Alene, ID

    It would be difficult to find a better orange daylily. I have had it in my N. Idaho garden for 13 years and it just gets better every year. It doesn’t need to be divided to keep blooming and is not bothered by cold weather in the winter, and It doesn’t seem to be bothered by being crowded. It averages about 25 to 30 scapes and 350 to 400 buds now, but of course started out with only a few scapes when young and increased every year.

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  36. newport, RI

    Strong grower,blooms late aug. in my 6b garden, stand out bold orange.

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  37. Omaha, NE

    This is my very favorite Daylily!

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  38. Brunswick, OH

    Very good, blooming in the first year. Dark orange. Will probably look like fire next year. Cleveland, OH

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  39. Woodruff, SC

    An attractive flower. Very nice orange color. Popular and produces a nice amount of blooms.

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  40. One person found this helpful

    Cleveland, MS

    ‘Lady Lucille’ is a refined beauty indeed… far more appealing in person than the catalog picture! This is her first full growing season in my garden, and the blooms continued from late May through mid July (zone 8b). ‘Lady Lucille’ is my all-time favorite daylily!!

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  41. Indianapolis, IN

    I hadn’t ordered because of this picture, so this is my first year – if I were Lucille I’d call my agent and complain about the pic! She is so beautiful – like Tuscawilla Tigress but shorter and cranked up a notch.

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  42. 3 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Delaware, OH

    Lady Lucille is a knock-your-socks-off daylily. She has been blooming in my garden for 2 years. I couldn’t be more pleased with her performance. The color is simply stunning. If you get a chance plant Mauna Loa (which I have) as well, and then you will be like me – trying to decide which just elicits the oohh’s and aahh’s more. Manua Loa’s blooming period is ending when Lady Lucille is beginning and I get dizzy looking back and forth, trying to decide which is more beautiful.

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  43. Oak Lawn, IL

    AHS or not — Lady Lucille is an exquisite beauty! Such a vibrant neon orange with large blossoms. A real stand-out in my garden, literally glistening in the afternoon sun! And this is only her first year in my garden! The photo pictured does not capture her brilliance!

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  44. Fairfield, WA

    Lady Lucille is a class act. She has turned more than a few heads in my garden. She has a Tuscan quality about her, grand and worldly.

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  45. Knoxville, TN

    WOW!! This is a real beauty! Just received this daylily from my mom, who is an avid collector, and now I’m on my way to being a big daylily fan!! Planted it last week and within days have had big, beautiful blooms. Really brightens up the garden. Can’t wait to see what my other lilies do!!

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  46. Toms River, NJ

    Lady Lucille produces multiple rich deep orange blooms that are nonfading and long lasting. A surprisingly deligtful choice.

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  47. Blacklick, OH

    I ordered this daylily two years ago, and it has really come into its own this year. There were so many blooms (there are still a few left to bloom), and the gorgeous orange blooms are HUGE! My neighbors (and I!!!) LOVE my Oakes Daylilies!

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