One of the most fragrant we’ve grown. Although blooms are actually a very pale yellow, they look near white from a distance, and make a huge white splash of color in the landscape.
So Lovely has been an outstanding performer in my Wisconsin garden this summer. It started blooming in late July, and I’m still getting blooms. The bonus to So Lovely is it’s self-propagating plants on the scapes; I’ve now rooted ten of those for the future: a great way to get my grandchildren interested in gardening. Highly recommended!
These huge blooms stand straight up as high as 3 feet above 2 feet high foliage. Once it starts blooming it seems to never stop. I live in PA in zone 6b. It’s the end of September and this plant is still going strong.
I bought these in Oct 2021 so this is my first season of blooms. It is by far one of the best daylillies I have ever purchased! The blooms are nearly constant! I have been nothing short of amazed with this daylilly!
This beautiful plant has paid for itself, because it grew a proliferation last year, which I kept alive over the winter, and now is growing in my garden. Also the parent plant bloomed up until August 25th of this year, the last flower in the garden. Jan zone 7
So Lovely was an early purchase in my daylily addiction, and I can’t say enough good things about it! It is such a great late season bloomer here in southern Ohio, and it grows so well you’ll have to divide it frequently. I know I’ve given away tons of divisions and also many, many new plants I’ve started from the prolific proliferations too!
I have many So Lovely plants in various places in my yard. It’s fantastic planted with Orange Vols or Chicago Apache. It’s late August now, and it’s still cranking out blooms on rebloom scapes!
Lovely for sure. Flowers are almost white, with a slight blush of yellow. Starts blooming and doesn’t stop. And it’s tough, performing happily after a long, below-zero cold winter. A must have in upstate New York!
A soft pastel yellow that shows more white from a distance. I have it planted with some white daylilies, so it does look more yellow in my garden. A hardy plant with lots of blooms in my garden.
I’ll be honest, I bought this daylily because it was one of the more inexpensive. I have a lot of daylilies, super frilly ones, extravagantly marked ones, unusual forms, but I think So Lovely is my favorite! So many good things. Beautiful soft color on a sturdy flower, long stems held well above the foliage, strong growth, long bloom season. I love it and the plant has rewarded my open admiration with a little plant growing on the flower stem! So I get more!!
I planted her last fall in my Zone 6a/ SW Pa garden. She just started blooming and is quite the sight: strong stems, big flowers of the most pleasing yellow, near white. Although it is her first year, she seems very vigorous with this hot and humid summer here. A real trooper which really lightens up the flower bed. Looks fantastic against the green of the arborvitae. I’d be happy with a bed of just her and can’t beat the price!! Thanks Oakes!!! Truly a winner!!!
I received So Lovely as a free plant along with my spring order. The name says it all! It’s a beautiful plant with the creamy yellow blooms held high above the foliage. It started blooming in July and it is still blooming in mid September. It takes the heat and humidity and has put out three proliferations that rooted quickly in a glass of water, so I now have four plants! Plant So Lovely in a prominent location so you can appreciate its beauty for the many months it blooms.
I brought this plant a couple of years ago. It performed ok for the first year but this year it has been magnificent. It began blooming late June and still is blooming. It looks exactly like the picture on display. The only thing different this year in Mobile Al was that we had a colder winter Also I spreads pot ash on the flower beds.
Perfect name. This tough plant produces lots of blooms even on first year’s growth. It stands up very well to heat, humidity and even rain (what little we got). It bloomed for six weeks. The photos do not allow for the glow the blooms have. Dazzles
Gorgeous -Tall – Fragrant – Abundant blooms! Mine start blooming in late June and continue for months! Another thing about this one is that it forms proliferations on the stems. I have rooted many new plants from the proliferations and most of them bloom the first year, and even produce more proliferations the first year. My favorite pastel daylily!
I planted ” So Lovely” several years ago. It took awhile to establish itself, mainly because I neglected it except for watering it I really didn’t fertilize the plant. So last year, I gave it a little TLC and now I’m rewarded with three vigorous plants with lots of scapes. It hasn’t bloomed as of yet, but it will, and when it does, it will be glorious! The blossoms are nearly white, with a touch of cream or a very light yellow. Still, nearly white from a distance. I don’t know about that fragrance, then again I never took a sniff. You can bet this year I will. I like the fact that it blooms late, around July in California’s hot central valley and that its blooms are held high above the foliage. A really pretty daylily.
It’s August, and my 3-year old plant has been blooming since early July!! The blooms are a beautiful shape, large without being huge, and a pale yellow-green, they really stand out in an area near some evergreens. Even the leaves are so lovely on this excellent daylily. I like it so much that although I usually order new varieties when I order, I’m going to order 2 more this fall to place in a new perennial bed with coneflowers and sedum and coreopsis.
This plant is a charmer!! She positively gleams in the garden, and blooms from June through August in zone 8b. ‘So Lovely’ is a perfect choice for high-dappled shade beneath the oaks.
Purchased this excellent daylily last spring; and, as usual, Oakes provided several fans. Therefore, got several blooms the first season. The pictures don’t do this beauty justice; it is actually hard to capture just how pretty the bloom is. Perhaps not as white as you might think, it has become one of our favorites. Really stands out.
Yes, she is! It was her first year here and although she didn’t reach full height, she gave me many lovely fragrant blossoms! So Lovely shines, and brightens even the most overcast day! Thinking about next season’s rebirth almost makes the cold winter bearable.
I’ve ordered a dozen or so different varieties from Oakes, and this is by far my favorite. They have been blooming for weeks, and still have lots of buds still waiting to bloom. The color is a clear, light yellow that just glows, and the blooms are huge. Even my husband, who couldn’t care less about flowers, noted how pretty these are. They are strong, tall, and really beautiful. At this price, you just can’t beat them.
Each year I begin a daylily garden in a new color, two years ago I chose all near-whites. I was really impressed with So Lovely because it not only bloomed well the first year, but it re-bloomed, and this year, I had blooms through October. On top of all that, it was not expensive!!
This was a freebie, and WOW!! She is huge and a gorgeous pale yellow, and smells fantastic. You can see her from quite a distance. And if that ain’t enough, she bloomed soon after I planted, and then REBLOOMED and she isn’t suppose to rebloom. Now here’s the kicker she puts off proliferations which are more plants, wow!! And look at that price, can’t beat this one!
This is my first year to use daylilies in my garden period! I just want you guys to know how impressed I am with So Lovely. I am reviewing this kind of early, as it is only 2 weeks old in the ground, but I can tell this daylily is going to be a show stopper! It is about to bloom already! I was impressed by how big the plant was, and loved the
This is my first year planting So Lovely and the blooms were spectacular. I was amazed at the wonderful fragrance. I highly recommend them in any garden.
This is one of the best lilies I have. It blooms late in the summer here and it’s color absolutely revitalizes the garden scene. It’s soft fragrance is noticeable from a distance. Mine has been divided and moved many times and it always comes back strong.
I have close to 200 varieties in my garden, but I couldn’t live without this one, one of the first I bought, one I have divided and given to lots of friends, one I have divided and placed at different spots around my garden. The lovely lemon-chiffon color, the fragrance, and the late bloom time all combine to make this one of my all-time favorites.
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.
mrior12345 (verified owner) –
So Lovely has been an outstanding performer in my Wisconsin garden this summer. It started blooming in late July, and I’m still getting blooms. The bonus to So Lovely is it’s self-propagating plants on the scapes; I’ve now rooted ten of those for the future: a great way to get my grandchildren interested in gardening. Highly recommended!
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lazzins (verified owner) –
These huge blooms stand straight up as high as 3 feet above 2 feet high foliage. Once it starts blooming it seems to never stop. I live in PA in zone 6b. It’s the end of September and this plant is still going strong.
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Cynthia (verified owner) –
I bought these in Oct 2021 so this is my first season of blooms. It is by far one of the best daylillies I have ever purchased! The blooms are nearly constant! I have been nothing short of amazed with this daylilly!
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Jan (verified owner) –
This beautiful plant has paid for itself, because it grew a proliferation last year, which I kept alive over the winter, and now is growing in my garden. Also the parent plant bloomed up until August 25th of this year, the last flower in the garden. Jan zone 7
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Tim Clark –
So Lovely was an early purchase in my daylily addiction, and I can’t say enough good things about it! It is such a great late season bloomer here in southern Ohio, and it grows so well you’ll have to divide it frequently. I know I’ve given away tons of divisions and also many, many new plants I’ve started from the prolific proliferations too!
I have many So Lovely plants in various places in my yard. It’s fantastic planted with Orange Vols or Chicago Apache. It’s late August now, and it’s still cranking out blooms on rebloom scapes!
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Debra Winch (verified owner) –
So lovely is a lemony yellow.
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Pixie Senesac –
Lovely for sure. Flowers are almost white, with a slight blush of yellow. Starts blooming and doesn’t stop. And it’s tough, performing happily after a long, below-zero cold winter. A must have in upstate New York!
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Janet (verified owner) –
A soft pastel yellow that shows more white from a distance. I have it planted with some white daylilies, so it does look more yellow in my garden. A hardy plant with lots of blooms in my garden.
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Barbara Kelberlau (verified owner) –
I’ll be honest, I bought this daylily because it was one of the more inexpensive. I have a lot of daylilies, super frilly ones, extravagantly marked ones, unusual forms, but I think So Lovely is my favorite! So many good things. Beautiful soft color on a sturdy flower, long stems held well above the foliage, strong growth, long bloom season. I love it and the plant has rewarded my open admiration with a little plant growing on the flower stem! So I get more!!
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SO LOVELY
Debby Hood (verified owner) –
CREAMY PALE YELLOW, PRETTIER THAN THE PHOTO
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[email protected] (verified owner) –
What is your hardiness zone? Zone 6
I planted her last fall in my Zone 6a/ SW Pa garden. She just started blooming and is quite the sight: strong stems, big flowers of the most pleasing yellow, near white. Although it is her first year, she seems very vigorous with this hot and humid summer here. A real trooper which really lightens up the flower bed. Looks fantastic against the green of the arborvitae. I’d be happy with a bed of just her and can’t beat the price!! Thanks Oakes!!! Truly a winner!!!
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Priscilla –
I just love this color. This s a favorite. Lots of buds last summer. Planted in 2014
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Meg Fox (verified owner) –
I received So Lovely as a free plant along with my spring order. The name says it all! It’s a beautiful plant with the creamy yellow blooms held high above the foliage. It started blooming in July and it is still blooming in mid September. It takes the heat and humidity and has put out three proliferations that rooted quickly in a glass of water, so I now have four plants! Plant So Lovely in a prominent location so you can appreciate its beauty for the many months it blooms.
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Theodore, AL –
I brought this plant a couple of years ago. It performed ok for the first year but this year it has been magnificent. It began blooming late June and still is blooming. It looks exactly like the picture on display. The only thing different this year in Mobile Al was that we had a colder winter Also I spreads pot ash on the flower beds.
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Cypress, TX –
Perfect name. This tough plant produces lots of blooms even on first year’s growth. It stands up very well to heat, humidity and even rain (what little we got). It bloomed for six weeks. The photos do not allow for the glow the blooms have. Dazzles
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Birmingham, AL –
Gorgeous -Tall – Fragrant – Abundant blooms! Mine start blooming in late June and continue for months! Another thing about this one is that it forms proliferations on the stems. I have rooted many new plants from the proliferations and most of them bloom the first year, and even produce more proliferations the first year. My favorite pastel daylily!
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los banos, CA –
I planted ” So Lovely” several years ago. It took awhile to establish itself, mainly because I neglected it except for watering it I really didn’t fertilize the plant. So last year, I gave it a little TLC and now I’m rewarded with three vigorous plants with lots of scapes. It hasn’t bloomed as of yet, but it will, and when it does, it will be glorious! The blossoms are nearly white, with a touch of cream or a very light yellow. Still, nearly white from a distance. I don’t know about that fragrance, then again I never took a sniff. You can bet this year I will. I like the fact that it blooms late, around July in California’s hot central valley and that its blooms are held high above the foliage. A really pretty daylily.
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Grantham, NH –
I live on the edge of zone 4/5 and planted last fall. Some beautiful blooms this spring. Very eye-catching.
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dallas, TX –
I know you’re not supposed to have a favorite child, but I just can’t help it!!!
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Glen Burnie, MD –
It’s August, and my 3-year old plant has been blooming since early July!! The blooms are a beautiful shape, large without being huge, and a pale yellow-green, they really stand out in an area near some evergreens. Even the leaves are so lovely on this excellent daylily. I like it so much that although I usually order new varieties when I order, I’m going to order 2 more this fall to place in a new perennial bed with coneflowers and sedum and coreopsis.
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Cleveland, MS –
This plant is a charmer!! She positively gleams in the garden, and blooms from June through August in zone 8b. ‘So Lovely’ is a perfect choice for high-dappled shade beneath the oaks.
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Galva, IL –
Very nice flower that looks nice with bright colors or dark green foliage. Holds well when picked and just layed on a table for the fragrance.
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Woodruff, SC –
A late bloomer for us. Does not appear to repeat, at least here. But the color is pleasant, and there are a large amount of blooms.
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Goodlettsville, TN –
Purchased this excellent daylily last spring; and, as usual, Oakes provided several fans. Therefore, got several blooms the first season. The pictures don’t do this beauty justice; it is actually hard to capture just how pretty the bloom is. Perhaps not as white as you might think, it has become one of our favorites. Really stands out.
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West Babylon, NY –
Yes, she is! It was her first year here and although she didn’t reach full height, she gave me many lovely fragrant blossoms! So Lovely shines, and brightens even the most overcast day! Thinking about next season’s rebirth almost makes the cold winter bearable.
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Colorado Springs, CO –
It is mid-September and SO LOVELY is ‘still’ blooming. Easily my best performer and so lovely to boot. My wife and I love this daylily.
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Lexington, KY –
I’ve ordered a dozen or so different varieties from Oakes, and this is by far my favorite. They have been blooming for weeks, and still have lots of buds still waiting to bloom. The color is a clear, light yellow that just glows, and the blooms are huge. Even my husband, who couldn’t care less about flowers, noted how pretty these are. They are strong, tall, and really beautiful. At this price, you just can’t beat them.
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Scotland, CT –
Each year I begin a daylily garden in a new color, two years ago I chose all near-whites. I was really impressed with So Lovely because it not only bloomed well the first year, but it re-bloomed, and this year, I had blooms through October. On top of all that, it was not expensive!!
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Canterbury, CT –
This was a freebie, and WOW!! She is huge and a gorgeous pale yellow, and smells fantastic. You can see her from quite a distance. And if that ain’t enough, she bloomed soon after I planted, and then REBLOOMED and she isn’t suppose to rebloom. Now here’s the kicker she puts off proliferations which are more plants, wow!! And look at that price, can’t beat this one!
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Salem, IN –
My friend picked this up when she attended your show in June. It is already blooming and I really love it.
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Libertyville, IL –
First bloom this morning (planted this summer) and it is gorgeous! Perfect color and size!
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Owensboro, KY –
So Lovely says it all. A true beauty with a wonderful aroma.
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Missoula, MT –
Planted last summer and produced several blooms. In a south facing semi-protected bed. Great fragrance, a must have flower.
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Fort Worth, TX –
This is my first year to use daylilies in my garden period! I just want you guys to know how impressed I am with So Lovely. I am reviewing this kind of early, as it is only 2 weeks old in the ground, but I can tell this daylily is going to be a show stopper! It is about to bloom already! I was impressed by how big the plant was, and loved the
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Knoxville, TN –
This is my first year planting So Lovely and the blooms were spectacular. I was amazed at the wonderful fragrance. I highly recommend them in any garden.
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Rice, MN –
This is one of the best lilies I have. It blooms late in the summer here and it’s color absolutely revitalizes the garden scene. It’s soft fragrance is noticeable from a distance. Mine has been divided and moved many times and it always comes back strong.
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Richmond, VA –
I have close to 200 varieties in my garden, but I couldn’t live without this one, one of the first I bought, one I have divided and given to lots of friends, one I have divided and placed at different spots around my garden. The lovely lemon-chiffon color, the fragrance, and the late bloom time all combine to make this one of my all-time favorites.
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