I’m typically not of fan of the smaller flowered varieties, and I bought this plant by mistake. I thought about giving it away when I realized what I had bought, but ended up planting it anyway. This was it’s first season in my garden and what a surprise! I was blown away by the sheer number of blooms this plant carried at any one time. It easily had 30-40 flowers all open at once, and bloomed heavily for 2-3 weeks before slowing down. I am no longer a small flowered variety doubter. This is a stock photo and still doesn’t do it justice.
I received this as a bonus plant in May. I had never had a miniature before so didn’t know what to expect. It flowered July 2nd! That little plant gave me 5 flowers a month after I planted. Very robust and very beautiful.
I ordered three of these last fall and you sent an extra as the gift. They bloomed this spring and I have decided as much as I love the pictures in your catalogues, I think Little Grapette is more beautiful than I expected in person. Thank you. She is a delightful addition to my collection.
I received this as a freebie from Oakes this Spring. Today it started blooming June 3 2020 in Prosper Texas. Thank you Oakes for sending me this one. I added a photo too. Although small. Absolutely gorgeous. The purple is such a rich color.
Little Grapette was slow to take off in my garden, but it is worth waiting for. It was a bonus plant that I received in 2017, and the first two years, it didn’t bloom. I decided to give it one more year, and if it didn’t produce, it was going to be taken out. Last year, it produced several blooms, which were lovely. But this year . . . it’s been the first daylily of over two dozen different varieties in my yard to bloom. The plant has at least ten scapes with multiple buds on each scape, and the blooms are 4 – 4.5″ in size with scapes of around 36″ high. It’s planted in mostly full sun in clay soil in zone 7. Little Grapette is certainly a lovely performer, and she’s worth waiting for!
Update, May 30th: Little Grapette is best in semi-shade. In full sun, since the weather has heated up considerably, she washes out pretty badly by mid afternoon. Still a lovely daylily, and the newest blooms have been much closer to 3″ in diameter, but with those considerations, she’s still a good value if you plant her in afternoon shade.
Additional note: this plant produced lots of proliferations. Each scape had two proliferations, in fact, and each plant had several scapes with numerous blooms. I was able to gift quite a few baby Little Grapette plants to extended family members. It’s a winner!
September 16th: Little Grapette is putting up scapes again and is preparing to rebloom! What a delightful surprise!
Little Grapette does best with a little shade to preserve the color. In full sun it did not do as well. This year there are lots of buds and many scapes. It is just beautiful.
Planted this in mid-May here in SoCal. First blooms today mid-June. Beautiful dark purple color. Wonderful plant, pairing it with a purple alstroemeria (Peruvian Lily). Excellent together!
I received this plant this spring and stuck it on a very steep bank and it has gone nuts! You would think it’s been there for years. Its been blooming here for 3 weeks now and is still going. Can’t wait to see what this does in the years to come.
Received ‘Little Grapette’ as a bonus plant last spring. Planted and it bloomed a few weeks later but I was underwhelmed, the flower was a real bust. Had though of digging it up and getting rid of it but decided to give it a chance. This spring it came up as a strong plant, put on very nice scapes, and today it produced beautiful blooms of a dark purple color, ranking right up there with some of my big purple daylilies. I’m so glad I have it a chance, otherwise I’d have really missed out on a beautiful flower.
Was about to toss these on the compost pile last year, but instead moved them to a morning sun spot and whoa. These are now about 4′ tall and blooming like madness. And the fragrance is AMAZING. I have never had a daylily that smells so damn beautiful. They seem to take a season or two to come into their own, but worth the wait. They look great next to my Waterfall Japanese Maple.
II live in the mountains of Southwest Virginia and have had Little Grapette in my garden for five years. Spectacular! I flanked it with daylilies of a similar height bearing 2″ blooms in cranberry and a deep shade of fuschia which compliment Little Grapette. .
I received this plant as a bonus this spring. But this is not a daylily for the humid hot south. The color washed out to a silver gray by mid morning. A good number of blooms and good growth on the plant for a first year plant. But this one will be replaced with something that holds good color.
This has been the best year so far for all my daylilies and especially this one. I did a double take and thought when did I get this one? Then I realized that it has taken off and the color is absolutely deliciously purple. Can’t wait to divide this in a few years.
What a great plant! I’ve had it in for about 10 years, divided it a couple of times with no hard feelings! The blooms are just like the photo, slightly dusty purple petals with dark purple watermark. One star off for fading a bit in hot afternoons. Overall a great performer.
Looks just like the picture down to the size of the bloom. Two years ago I moved it from a very sunny spot to a stightly shady one because the blooms faded by afternoon. Now it is magnificent all day. The flowers have good substance and the scapes are sturdy and loaded. I don’t rate much of anything as best but this oldtimer diserves it. Comment on comments in general: Why would anyone try to evaluate any plant but an annual that had not been growing in place for less than 2 years? If I have a plant that is failing, I check the above ground parts for any problems and then dig it up and have a good look at the roots and the soil in which it was planted. Even if I hated the plant that was dying I would take these steps before I put anything else in its place.
The first year we had this daylily in our garden I was so sorry I had given space to it, as the blooms were few and dull in appearance. After two seasons, it was spectacular! When you see a mature Little Grapette with 10-12 dazzling purple blooms at one time, you will become a fan also. Have divided it a couple times and it springs right back. Such a rewarding plant.
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.
Pixie Senesac –
I’m typically not of fan of the smaller flowered varieties, and I bought this plant by mistake. I thought about giving it away when I realized what I had bought, but ended up planting it anyway. This was it’s first season in my garden and what a surprise! I was blown away by the sheer number of blooms this plant carried at any one time. It easily had 30-40 flowers all open at once, and bloomed heavily for 2-3 weeks before slowing down. I am no longer a small flowered variety doubter. This is a stock photo and still doesn’t do it justice.
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Susan W –
It’s a beautiful shade of purple and it blooms for weeks.
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Vicki Graf (verified owner) –
I received this as a bonus plant in May. I had never had a miniature before so didn’t know what to expect. It flowered July 2nd! That little plant gave me 5 flowers a month after I planted. Very robust and very beautiful.
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jcdnlsn (verified owner) –
The plants wonderful with fat healthy roots. They were much better than any other place I’ve ordered fro.
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Sandra Duncan (verified owner) –
I ordered three of these last fall and you sent an extra as the gift. They bloomed this spring and I have decided as much as I love the pictures in your catalogues, I think Little Grapette is more beautiful than I expected in person. Thank you. She is a delightful addition to my collection.
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Absolutely Stunning - A New Love
Mary Kemp (verified owner) –
Little Grapette June 5 2020
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Mary Kemp (verified owner) –
I received this as a freebie from Oakes this Spring. Today it started blooming June 3 2020 in Prosper Texas. Thank you Oakes for sending me this one. I added a photo too. Although small. Absolutely gorgeous. The purple is such a rich color.
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Mary Kemp (verified owner) –
Little grapette June 3 2020
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Debbie (verified owner) –
Little Grapette was slow to take off in my garden, but it is worth waiting for. It was a bonus plant that I received in 2017, and the first two years, it didn’t bloom. I decided to give it one more year, and if it didn’t produce, it was going to be taken out. Last year, it produced several blooms, which were lovely. But this year . . . it’s been the first daylily of over two dozen different varieties in my yard to bloom. The plant has at least ten scapes with multiple buds on each scape, and the blooms are 4 – 4.5″ in size with scapes of around 36″ high. It’s planted in mostly full sun in clay soil in zone 7. Little Grapette is certainly a lovely performer, and she’s worth waiting for!
Update, May 30th: Little Grapette is best in semi-shade. In full sun, since the weather has heated up considerably, she washes out pretty badly by mid afternoon. Still a lovely daylily, and the newest blooms have been much closer to 3″ in diameter, but with those considerations, she’s still a good value if you plant her in afternoon shade.
Additional note: this plant produced lots of proliferations. Each scape had two proliferations, in fact, and each plant had several scapes with numerous blooms. I was able to gift quite a few baby Little Grapette plants to extended family members. It’s a winner!
September 16th: Little Grapette is putting up scapes again and is preparing to rebloom! What a delightful surprise!
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Debbie (verified owner) –
Little Grapette, May 18th, 2020
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Robbie Trussell –
I’ve had this plant for many years. Always wonderful when it blooms! Look forward to it blooming every year
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Adorable Daylily!
Patricia Pflaumer –
Little Grapette does best with a little shade to preserve the color. In full sun it did not do as well. This year there are lots of buds and many scapes. It is just beautiful.
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Emory Chenoweth (verified owner) –
Planted this in mid-May here in SoCal. First blooms today mid-June. Beautiful dark purple color. Wonderful plant, pairing it with a purple alstroemeria (Peruvian Lily). Excellent together!
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[email protected] –
I received this plant this spring and stuck it on a very steep bank and it has gone nuts! You would think it’s been there for years. Its been blooming here for 3 weeks now and is still going. Can’t wait to see what this does in the years to come.
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[email protected] –
Received ‘Little Grapette’ as a bonus plant last spring. Planted and it bloomed a few weeks later but I was underwhelmed, the flower was a real bust. Had though of digging it up and getting rid of it but decided to give it a chance. This spring it came up as a strong plant, put on very nice scapes, and today it produced beautiful blooms of a dark purple color, ranking right up there with some of my big purple daylilies. I’m so glad I have it a chance, otherwise I’d have really missed out on a beautiful flower.
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glenville, NY –
Was about to toss these on the compost pile last year, but instead moved them to a morning sun spot and whoa. These are now about 4′ tall and blooming like madness. And the fragrance is AMAZING. I have never had a daylily that smells so damn beautiful. They seem to take a season or two to come into their own, but worth the wait. They look great next to my Waterfall Japanese Maple.
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Hillsville, VA –
II live in the mountains of Southwest Virginia and have had Little Grapette in my garden for five years. Spectacular! I flanked it with daylilies of a similar height bearing 2″ blooms in cranberry and a deep shade of fuschia which compliment Little Grapette. .
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Cypress, TX –
I received this plant as a bonus this spring. But this is not a daylily for the humid hot south. The color washed out to a silver gray by mid morning. A good number of blooms and good growth on the plant for a first year plant. But this one will be replaced with something that holds good color.
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Third Lake, IL –
This has been the best year so far for all my daylilies and especially this one. I did a double take and thought when did I get this one? Then I realized that it has taken off and the color is absolutely deliciously purple. Can’t wait to divide this in a few years.
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New Tazewell, TN –
I love this one. The color is just like the one pictured here. It’s very dark and really stands out. I love this one.
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Valparaiso, IN –
I have 34 different plants from Oakes Daylillies and this is a top favorite. Beautiful color draws you to it immediately.
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Columbus, OH –
What a great plant! I’ve had it in for about 10 years, divided it a couple of times with no hard feelings! The blooms are just like the photo, slightly dusty purple petals with dark purple watermark. One star off for fading a bit in hot afternoons. Overall a great performer.
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Baltimore, MD –
Looks just like the picture down to the size of the bloom. Two years ago I moved it from a very sunny spot to a stightly shady one because the blooms faded by afternoon. Now it is magnificent all day. The flowers have good substance and the scapes are sturdy and loaded. I don’t rate much of anything as best but this oldtimer diserves it. Comment on comments in general: Why would anyone try to evaluate any plant but an annual that had not been growing in place for less than 2 years? If I have a plant that is failing, I check the above ground parts for any problems and then dig it up and have a good look at the roots and the soil in which it was planted. Even if I hated the plant that was dying I would take these steps before I put anything else in its place.
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Goodlettsville, TN –
The first year we had this daylily in our garden I was so sorry I had given space to it, as the blooms were few and dull in appearance. After two seasons, it was spectacular! When you see a mature Little Grapette with 10-12 dazzling purple blooms at one time, you will become a fan also. Have divided it a couple times and it springs right back. Such a rewarding plant.
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Hood, VA –
An unusual daylily failure for me. The flowers were pretty for a year or two, but the plants were wimpy and after a few years it just disappeared.
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Greenup, KY –
WOW! Whats that daylily called a friend said to me while walking around in the yard.That’s the prettiest dark purple flower i’ve ever seen.
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Birmingham, AL –
The color of Little Grapette is so striking. I’ve had it for 2 seasons and am very pleased with its performance.
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