Prester John Daylily
$14.99 each, 3 for $39.99
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5″ bloom, 26″ tall, Early Season + rebloom, Dormant
‘Prester John’ daylily has fluffy orange-gold double blooms that will put a smile on your face every time you see them. Cheery and lovely. An excellent performer around the country— we get good rebloom in our garden.
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5″ bloom, 26″ tall, Early-Mid Season + rebloom, D
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| Awards | Lenington All American Award, Award of Merit, Ida Munson Award for Best Double |
| Zone Range | 2 to 8 |
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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, you get to choose what you’d like at checkout.
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.
Kelly Shuman –
This is the most intense color. So beautiful and so bright it’s almost blinding.
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Lynda Horn Russellville Arkansas zone 7b (verified owner) –
I love the color of this one. And I was surprised to find it was a double! Not as big as expected, but I’m hoping the blooms will be bigger next year. Grows well in heat and humidity.
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terriea (verified owner) –
This daylily is like daffodils on steroids! So bright and cheerful, you have to smile. A real bargain.
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Donna Kudlicki –
A bold bright color and have moved it next to a purple for next years bloom. Bought it at the festival and am glad to have it.
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Prester John
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This is such an unusual double. Instead of a ruffled center, it looks like a 2nd blossom was placed inside the 1st! And the double form is exceptionally consistent. In fact, I’ve never had it produce anything but double blooms here in the Rocky Mountains of Utah. I give him a 4, only because I’ve struggled a bit finding the right spot for him to produce more of his unique blossoms.
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Baltimore, OH –
This daylily sent upMORE scapes in October and was still blooming when snow hit Ohio in mid November. The blooms are great, scalloped edges, beautiful yellow. A real trooper, at least in Ohio!
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London, OH –
Prester John was a free plant with a daylily order & would not have been one I’d have ordered, BUT! It’s not only sturdy & pretty, it’s also gifting me with Rebloom this year! The first of what looks like seven buds is open today, September 1st, 2011!
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New Tazewell, TN –
I received this plant for free at the festival last year. I was a little disappointed when I got it, but am thrilled now! This lilly produces many blooms and they are simply delightful. The yellow of my plant is much more bold than the picture. Very nice!
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Madison, MS –
I am so thrilled, my Prester John is reblooming today {7/11} and beautiful. I purchased it in 2006 and it has doubled in size. Oakes is the best daylily farm, terrific quanity and quality. I tell all my friends to check out Oakes!!!
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Huntington, WV –
A bit more orange than I expected from the website picture. But I love the hose-in-hose double shape. Very charming — especially if you like the “hot” colors.
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Wauwatosa, WI –
This daylily was sent to me as a bonus plant and has never failed me. The blooms are vivid yellow-orange and the color holds up well in the hot afternoon sun. I am curruently waiting for 2 more blooms to open. All daylilies are beautiful, but the ones with double blooms are expecially beautiful. This daylily will always have a place my garden.
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Tooele, UT –
This Day Lily was sent to me as a bonus last fall and bloomed for the first time this year. I planted it in a 20
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